2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Other Legal Professions

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Other Legal Professions” ranking - to help you make that 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 Plains States region, there were 93 legal professions (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,059 and $27,210 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Other Legal Professions” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in legal professions (other). Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent legal professions (other) programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

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

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Other Legal Professions

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region vets studying other legal professions.

Top 3 Best Legal Professions (Other) Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

1

Bellevue University
Bellevue, Nebraska

1 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$56,762 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bellevue University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Other Legal Professions list. Bellevue University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bellevue, Nebraska. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 56 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bellevue University, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 13,059 students enrolled at Bellevue University were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.

Full Bellevue University Veteran Student Life Report

2

Drake University
Des Moines, Iowa

100 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$12,780 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drake University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Other Legal Professions list. Drake University is a small school located in Des Moines, Iowa that handed out 26 ’s other legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.

Drake also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 100 of the 4,774 students enrolled at Drake University were GI Bill® students, of which 61 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,780. During this same period, 11 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Drake University]](/colleges/drake-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Legal Professions (Other) Colleges for Veterans

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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