2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4,637 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 115 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal professions. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great legal professions programs and 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 program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s.
Top 26 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bellevue University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s. Located in Bellevue, Nebraska, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 77 degrees to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.
Bellevue University also took the #24 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bellevue University is $15,616 for Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American Public University System. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in Charles Town, West Virginia, and it awarded 78 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $10,222 for Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students per year to attend American Public University System.
With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Full American Public University System Legal Professions Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brandman University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Irvine, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 24 degrees to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Brandman, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Brandman University is $21,604 for Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students.
Read full report on Legal Professions at Brandman University
Out of the 115 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Peirce College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 26 degrees to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.
Peirce did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #16 on our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Peirce College is $10,128 for Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%.
Out of the 115 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Wilmington University landed the #5 spot on the list. New Castle, Delaware is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s legal professions degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Wilmington University is $14,683 for bachelor’s degree legal professions students.
Purdue University Global landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, this large public school awarded 128 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.
California University of Pennsylvania ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This medium-sized school is located in California, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.
Cal U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #15 on our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for California University of Pennsylvania is $18,154 for bachelor’s degree legal professions students.
Read full report on Legal Professions at California University of Pennsylvania
University of Houston - Clear Lake came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Houston - Clear Lake is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 21 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.
UH Clear Lake also took the #7 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $10,612 for bachelor’s degree legal professions students per year to attend University of Houston - Clear Lake.
Full University of Houston - Clear Lake Legal Professions Report
With a ranking of #10, Arizona State University - Skysong did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s list. 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.
The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Skysong is $13,971 for Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students.
Minnesota State University - Moorhead did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #11. MSU Moorhead is a medium-sized school located in Moorhead, Minnesota that handed out 9 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $16,893 for Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students per year to attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Grand Valley State University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. GVSU is a large school located in Allendale, Michigan that handed out 33 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.
GVSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #22 on our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for GVSU is $17,646 for bachelor’s degree legal professions students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Legal Professions at Grand Valley State University
Herzing University - Kenner landed the #13 spot on the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Kenner, Louisiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s legal professions degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $24,248 for Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students per year to attend Herzing University - Kenner.
Sullivan University landed the #14 spot on the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Sullivan University is located in Louisville, Kentucky and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.
The estimated yearly cost for Sullivan University is $22,392 for Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students.
With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Winona State University ranked #15 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Winona, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s legal professions degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Winona State is $17,656 for Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Legal Professions at Winona State University
With a ranking of #16, University of Maryland Global Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s list. UMGC is a public institution located in Adelphi, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 87 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $14,288 for bachelor’s degree legal professions students per year to attend University of Maryland Global Campus.
New York City College of Technology came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. New York City College of Technology is a fairly large public school situated in Brooklyn, New York. It awarded 44 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.
City Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #12 on our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for City Tech is $3,667 for Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students.
Baker College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #18. Owosso, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s legal professions degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Baker College is $15,049 for Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students.
The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Clayton State University landed the #19 spot on the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Clayton State University is a public institution located in Morrow, Georgia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Clayton State University is $10,918 for bachelor’s degree legal professions students.
Mississippi University for Women came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Mississippi University for Women is a small public school situated in Columbus, Mississippi. It awarded 16 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $12,054 for bachelor’s degree legal professions students per year to attend MUW.
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With a ranking of #21, St Petersburg College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Clearwater, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s legal professions degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for St Petersburg College is $3,226 for Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students.
Washburn University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #22. Washburn University is located in Topeka, Kansas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.
The yearly cost to attend Washburn University is $14,481 for bachelor’s degree legal professions students.
SUNY Canton came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. SUNY Canton is located in Canton, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.
The yearly cost to attend SUNY Canton is $13,864 for Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #24. SIUC is a fairly large public school situated in Carbondale, Illinois. It awarded 10 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale is $16,945 for Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students.
Full Southern Illinois University Carbondale Legal Professions Report
University of Central Florida did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #25. University of Central Florida is a large public school situated in Orlando, Florida. It awarded 214 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend University of Central Florida is $10,274 for bachelor’s degree legal professions students.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
National University ranked #25 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s list. National University is a fairly large school located in La Jolla, California that handed out 12 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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%.
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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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