2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Legal Professions for an Associate
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Ranked Colleges
38
Degrees Awarded
$37,154
Avg Salary
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Legal Professions for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 61,055 people earned their degree in legal professions, making the major the 16th most popular in the United States. 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 ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal professions programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the legal professions program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Legal Professions for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for utah associate degree vets studying legal professions.
Top 1 Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Utah
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Legal Professions for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Salt Lake Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Salt Lake Community College is a public institution located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Salt Lake Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in Utah” ranking.Of the 27,293 students enrolled at Salt Lake Community College, 7 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,749. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Salt Lake Community College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Salt Lake Community College]](/colleges/salt-lake-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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