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2023 Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools in the Plains States Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$36,316 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,059 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 Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region 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.

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.

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Legal Professions (Other) Colleges.

#1

Drake University

Des Moines, IA

Our analysis found Drake University to be the best value school for legal professions (other) students who want to pursue a degree in the Plains States Region . Drake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Des Moines.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Drake are $45,912 per year.

Drake not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Other Legal Professions Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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

Out of the 2 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the # 2 spot on the list. UNL is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lincoln.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNL are $26,720 per year.

UNL excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Other Legal Professions Schools in the Plains States Region list.

Full Legal Professions (Other) at University of Nebraska - Lincoln Report

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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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