by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Support Major” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 11,545 people earned their degree in legal support services, making the major the 106th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, legal support services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,370 and had an average of $27,882 in loans still to pay off.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 106 legal support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Support Major” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in legal support services. That schools that top this list have a program in legal support services in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Support Major”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University Global. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Support Major list. Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, this large public school awarded 56 diplomas to qualified masters’s legal support students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Legal Support Services at Purdue University Global
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Support Major that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s legal support degrees to 29 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Legal Support Services at George Washington University
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Support Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas State is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 13 masters’s legal support degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Support Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #4 spot on the list. Georgetown University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 8 masters’s legal support degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Widener University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Support Major. This medium-sized school is located in Chester, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 15 masters’s legal support degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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