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2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

8 Ranked Colleges
510 Degrees Awarded
$12,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 61,993 people earned their degree in legal professions, making the major the 17th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, legal professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,199 and had an average of $58,026 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 6,013 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,228 and $48,861 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 510 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal professions. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent legal professions programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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The legal professions school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree legal professions students whose families make $30-$48k.

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston - Clear Lake. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Clear Lake did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $7,941 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UH Clear Lake.

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#2 in overall quality

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 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 96 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree legal professions students whose families make $30-$48k list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Tempe is $8,921 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 152 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Arizona, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $11,466 for southwest region bachelor’s degree legal professions students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Arizona.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full University of Arizona Legal Professions Report

#4

East Central University

Ada, Oklahoma
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, East Central University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Ada, Oklahoma, this small public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

ECU also made our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend East Central University is $8,259 for southwest region bachelor’s degree legal professions students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#6 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Commerce, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Commerce also took the #6 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M Commerce is $10,580 for southwest region bachelor’s degree legal professions students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Texas A&M University - Commerce Legal Professions Report

#6

Texas Wesleyan University

Fort Worth, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Texas Wesleyan University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Fort Worth, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s legal professions degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Texas Wesleyan also made our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $23,276 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Texas Wesleyan.

Full Texas Wesleyan Legal Professions Report

#5 in overall quality

Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. ASU - Skysong is located in Scottsdale, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 40 bachelors’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Skysong, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,020 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend ASU - Skysong.

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#7

National Paralegal College

Phoenix, Arizona
#8 in overall quality

National Paralegal College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, this small private for-profit school awarded 62 degrees to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

National Paralegal College also made our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #8. The yearly cost to attend National Paralegal College is $16,689 for southwest region bachelor’s degree legal professions students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#8

Bryan University

Tempe, Arizona
#9 in overall quality

Bryan University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Bryan University is a small private for-profit school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 15 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Bryan University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $16,948 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Bryan University.

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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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