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2023 Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$54,288 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$66,854 Avg Salary

With 125 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal professions (other) is the #82 most popular major in Illinois.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois to see which programs offered the best value experiences for other legal professions students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

Check out the other legal professions programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

$47,808 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Loyola University Chicago the best value school in Illinois for legal professions (other) students. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Loyola Chicago are $47,808 a year.

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#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL
$60,768 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions (other) schools in Illinois. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Northwestern are $60,768 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Northwestern is ranked #1 for overall quality for other legal professions in Illinois.

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Explore all the Best Value Legal Professions (Other) Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 29
Ohio 15
Indiana 39

Legal Professions (Other) is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Law 36,216
Legal Research 6,659
Legal Support Services 446
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 444

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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