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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Legal Professions & Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

2 Ranked Colleges
8 Degrees Awarded
$15,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Other Legal Professions & Studies Schools for a Master's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Other Legal Professions & Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Other Legal Professions & Studies is the 316th most popular major in the country with 2,565 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 77 other legal professions and studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 other legal professions and studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Legal Professions & Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other legal professions and studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other legal professions and studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other legal professions and studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Other Legal Professions & Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Legal Professions & Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Other Legal Professions & Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UNL is a public institution located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL also took the #0 spot in our “Best Other Legal Professions & Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nebraska - Lincoln are $19,513, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln Other Legal Professions & Studies Report

#2

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Legal Professions & Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #2 spot on the list. Drake is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Des Moines, Iowa. It awarded 5 masters’s other legal professions and studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Drake did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Legal Professions & Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Drake are $11,932.

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

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Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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