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2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region

9 Ranked Colleges
598 Degrees Awarded
$16,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Legal Professions is the 17th most popular major in the country with 61,993 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Far Western US region, there were 10,452 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,653 and $87,352 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 598 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region.

#1

Brandman University

Irvine, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brandman University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region. Brandman University is a fairly large school located in Irvine, California that handed out 24 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Brandman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Brandman University is $21,604 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students.

Read more about Legal Professions at Brandman University

#3

National University

La Jolla, California
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. National University is located in La Jolla, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our far western us region bachelor’s degree legal professions students list, National University has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.

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%.

Read more about Legal Professions at National University

#8 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Humphreys University - Stockton and Modesto Campuses. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region. Humphreys University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Stockton, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Humphreys University also made our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #8. The estimated yearly cost for Humphreys University - Stockton and Modesto Campuses is $11,055 for far western us region bachelor’s degree legal professions students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Humphreys University Legal Professions Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s legal professions degrees to 121 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region bachelor’s degree legal professions students list, UW Seattle has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus is $13,297 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Legal Professions at UW Seattle

#2 in overall quality

University of California - Berkeley ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. UC Berkeley is a large school located in Berkeley, California that handed out 184 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region bachelor’s degree legal professions students list, UC Berkeley has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UC Berkeley is $15,329 for far western us region bachelor’s degree legal professions students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Legal Professions at University of California - Berkeley

#7

University of California - Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, California
#5 in overall quality

University of California - Santa Cruz landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region ranking. Santa Cruz, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s legal professions degrees to 155 students in 2019-2020.

UC Santa Cruz did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UC Santa Cruz is $18,186 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Legal Professions at UC Santa Cruz

#8

University of La Verne

La Verne, California
#7 in overall quality

University of La Verne came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region ranking. University of La Verne is a medium-sized school located in La Verne, California that handed out 20 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

ULV did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend ULV is $25,780 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Legal Professions at ULV

#9 in overall quality

With a ranking of #9, University of Washington - Tacoma Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. University of Washington - Tacoma Campus is a public institution located in Tacoma, Washington. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Tacoma not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Washington - Tacoma Campus is $10,817 for far western us region bachelor’s degree legal professions students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Legal Professions at UW Tacoma

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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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