by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in Utah” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Legal Professions is the 16th most popular major in the country with 61,055 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, legal professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,649 and had an average of $28,699 in loans still to pay off.
Across Utah, there were 337 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,400 and $11,868 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 38 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,685 and $18,758 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in Utah” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in legal professions. That schools that top this list have a program in legal professions in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in Utah” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in Utah”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, LDS Business College landed the #1 spot on the list. LDS Business College is a small school located in Salt Lake City, Utah that handed out 11 associates’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Salt Lake Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large public school awarded 18 diplomas to qualified associates’s legal professions students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Utah University landed the #3 spot on the list. Southern Utah University is a fairly large school located in Cedar City, Utah that handed out 7 associates’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Snow College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in Utah list. Snow College is located in Ephraim, Utah and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 associates’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah Valley University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in Utah list. Located in Orem, Utah, this large public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified associates’s legal professions students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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