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2023 Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$36,973 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,328 Avg Salary

Non-Professional General Legal Studies is the #181 most popular major in the country with 444 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for non-professional general legal studies students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for non-professional general legal studies majors pursuing a .

#1

Drake University

Des Moines, IA

Our 2023 rankings named Drake University the best value school in the Plains States Region for non-professional general legal studies students. Located in the medium-sized city of Des Moines, Drake is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Drake undergraduate students pay an average of $45,912 in tuition and fees each year.

Drake also took the #5 spot in our Best Non-Professional Legal Studies Schools in the Plains States Region rankings.

Read full report on Non-Professional General Legal Studies at Drake University

#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS
$28,034 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Kansas helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best non-professional general legal studies schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at KU are $28,034 per year.

Read full report on Non-Professional General Legal Studies at University of Kansas

Explore the best non-professional general legal studies schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 19
Iowa 3
Kansas 2

Non-Professional General Legal Studies is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Law 36,216
Legal Research 6,659
Legal Professions (Other) 1,424
Legal Support Services 446

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
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