by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 1,427 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,141 and $25,761 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 85 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in legal professions. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their legal professions program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree legal professions students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, United States Air Force Academy landed the #1 spot on the list. USAFA is a small public school situated in USAF Academy, Colorado. It awarded 30 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Providence. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Located in Great Falls, Montana, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read more about Legal Professions at University of Providence
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Denver is a private not-for-profit institution located in Denver, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This large school is located in Logan, Utah, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis - Clark State College landed the #5 spot on the list. Lewis - Clark State College is located in Lewiston, Idaho and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.
Idaho State University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Idaho State University is a fairly large public school situated in Pocatello, Idaho. It awarded 2 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Legal Professions at Idaho State University
Utah Valley University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Utah Valley University is a large school located in Orem, Utah that handed out 8 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
University of Utah did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #8. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s legal professions degrees to 153 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
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