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2023 Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Texas

5 Ranked Colleges
286 Degrees Awarded
$45,294 Avg Salary
Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Legal Professions for a Master's

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Legal Professions for a Master’s” 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 Texas, there were 3,557 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,794 and $24,875 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Legal Professions for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in legal professions. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal professions programs as well as strong veteran support.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the legal professions program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for texas master’s degree vets studying legal professions.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Legal Professions for a Master’s list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school awarded 110 diplomas to qualified masters’s legal professions students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our texas master’s degree vets studying legal professions list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking.Of the 70,418 students enrolled at Texas A&M University - College Station, 5 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,925. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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University of Houston
Houston, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Legal Professions for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 46 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.

UH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list.According to our most recent data, UH supports 47,090 students, and 1,382 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 730 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,264. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Houston Veteran Student Life Report

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St. Mary's University
San Antonio, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St. Mary’s University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Legal Professions for a Master’s. St. Mary’s University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 41 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at St. Mary’s, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking.Of the 3,458 students enrolled at St. Mary’s, 264 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 174 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $24,459. During this same period, 74 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full St. Mary’s University Veteran Student Life Report

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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Legal Professions for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s legal professions students in 2020-2021.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list.Our most recent data shows that 7 of the 50,476 students enrolled at The University of Texas at Austin were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,893. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

Full UT Austin Veteran Student Life Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Legal Professions for a Master’s list. Southern Methodist University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 39 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.

SMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list.Of the 12,373 students enrolled at SMU, 327 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 215 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,612. On top of their other funding sources, 103 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Southern Methodist University Veteran Student Life Report

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