by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Southwest region, there were 6,329 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,741 and $24,869 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 532 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 20 colleges that offered a degree in legal professions. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in legal professions.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree legal professions students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend National Paralegal College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region. National Paralegal College is located in Phoenix, Arizona and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 39 bachelors’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 20 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Paul Quinn College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Howard Payne University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region. Brownwood, 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 6 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Wesleyan University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 20 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school awarded 183 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
East Central University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region ranking. ECU is a public institution located in Ada, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #7, Bryan University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region list. Bryan University is a small school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 9 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
Houston Baptist University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Houston, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Legal Professions at Houston Baptist University
University of Houston - Clear Lake ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Houston - Clear Lake is a medium-sized public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 18 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
Full University of Houston - Clear Lake Legal Professions Report
Northeastern State University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, this medium-sized public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UTSA is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 46 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Legal Professions at The University of Texas at San Antonio
Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #12. ASU - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 106 bachelors’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
With a ranking of #13, Oklahoma Christian University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Edmond, Oklahoma, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.
Texas A&M University - Commerce came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Commerce, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Legal Professions at Texas A&M University - Commerce
University of Central Oklahoma did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #15. UCO is a fairly large school located in Edmond, Oklahoma that handed out 10 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Legal Professions at University of Central Oklahoma
With a ranking of #16, Arizona State University - Skysong did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region list. Arizona State University - Skysong is a public institution located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #17, Northern Arizona University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Flagstaff, Arizona, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.
Tarleton State University came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Tarleton State University is a fairly large school located in Stephenville, Texas that handed out 1 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #19, University of Tulsa did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and it awarded 116 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Stephen F Austin State University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southwest Region ranking. SFASU is located in Nacogdoches, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.
Full Stephen F Austin State University Legal Professions Report
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