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2023 Best Value Other Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$15,765 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,455 Avg Salary

Legal Professions (Other) is the #118 most popular major in the country with 1,424 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Other Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for other legal professions 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

#1

Drake University

Des Moines, IA

Our 2023 rankings named Drake University the best value school in the Plains States Region for legal professions (other) students working on their master’s degree. Drake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Des Moines.

Drake graduate students pay an average of $11,988 in tuition and fees each year.

Drake also took the #4 spot in our Best Other Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region rankings.

Read full report on Legal Professions (Other) at Drake University

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Nebraska - Lincoln helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions (other) schools in the Plains States Region . UNL is a very large public school located in the city of Lincoln.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNL are $19,541 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UNL also is in the top 5% of our Best Other Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.

Read full report on Legal Professions (Other) at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Explore the best legal professions (other) colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 0
Iowa 26
Kansas 0
Nebraska 2
North Dakota 0

One of 4 majors within the area of study, legal professions (other) has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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