by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Legal Support Major for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Legal Support Services is the 106th most popular major in the country with 11,545 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Legal Support Major for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in legal support services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular legal support services programs in the United States.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The legal support school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Legal Support Major for a Master’s”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Legal Support Major for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University Global. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Legal Support Major for a Master’s list. Purdue University Global is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 56 masters’s legal support degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Legal Support Major for a Master’s. GWU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 29 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Legal Support Major for a Master’s. Texas State is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 13 masters’s legal support degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Legal Support Major for a Master’s. 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 8 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Legal Support Major for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Widener University landed the #5 spot on the list. Chester, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s legal support degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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