by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools Highly Focused on Other Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Legal Professions (Other) is the 200th most popular major in the country with 2,013 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, legal professions (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $51,368 and had an average of $27,963 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 235 legal professions (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,694 and $22,000 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Other Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal professions (other). This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in legal professions (other).
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region other legal professions students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Other Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 194 diplomas to qualified ’s other legal professions students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Other Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s other legal professions degrees to 41 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Legal Professions (Other) at ASU - Tempe
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Other Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Tulsa landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Tulsa is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 ’s other legal professions degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.
Read full report on Legal Professions (Other) at University of Tulsa
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St. Mary’s University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Other Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region list. St. Mary’s is a small private not-for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 0 ’s other legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pima Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Other Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s other legal professions degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Full Pima County Community College District Legal Professions (Other) Report
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