2023 Best Legal Professions (Other) Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Illinois

Veterans 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 “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Other Legal Professions for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 2,013 people earned their degree in legal professions (other), making the major the 200th most popular in the United States. 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 Illinois, there were 125 legal professions (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,854 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Other Legal Professions for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal professions (other). This ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal professions (other) programs as well as strong veteran support.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the legal professions (other) program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Other Legal Professions for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Other Legal Professions for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Legal Professions (Other) Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Illinois

1

Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

261 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Loyola University Chicago. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Other Legal Professions for a Master’s. Loyola University Chicago is a fairly large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 19 masters’s other legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Loyola Chicago, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Legal Professions (Other) Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking.Of the 16,893 students enrolled at Loyola University Chicago, 261 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 165 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,263. On top of their other funding sources, 78 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full Loyola Chicago Veteran Student Life Report

2

Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois

1 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Other Legal Professions for a Master’s list. Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 82 masters’s other legal professions degrees to qualified students.

Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Professions (Other) Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking.Among the 22,603 students enrolled at Northwestern, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $399. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Northwestern Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Legal Professions (Other) Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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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