by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Missouri for an Associate” 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 Missouri, there were 1,203 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,976 and $37,449 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 71 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,899 and $23,654 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Missouri for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in legal professions. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in legal professions.
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The legal professions school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Missouri for an Associate”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri associate degree legal professions students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Missouri for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Louis Community College is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 associates’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Missouri for an Associate. This fairly large school is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and it awarded 23 associates’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Missouri for an Associate list. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s legal professions degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Missouri for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri Western State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Missouri Western State University is a small school located in Saint Joseph, Missouri that handed out 4 associates’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stevens - The Institute of Business & Arts. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Missouri for an Associate list. This small school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 3 associates’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%. 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.
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