2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions (Other) (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

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Legal Professions (Other) is the 196th most popular major in the country with 2,565 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, legal professions (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $51,722 and had an average of $45,823 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 77 legal professions (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,900 and $61,450 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 legal professions (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in legal professions (other). Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent legal professions (other) programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the legal professions (other) program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions (Other) (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

$19,513 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. UNL is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 3 masters’s other legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Legal Professions (Other) Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNL are $19,513, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Legal Professions (Other) at UNL

#2

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$11,932 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #2 spot on the list. Des Moines, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s other legal professions degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Drake, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Professions (Other) Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drake University are $11,932, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

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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