2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Legal Professions School for You
In 2020-2021, 45,189 legal professions students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #7 most popular in the country.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 26 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for legal professions students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Legal Professions Colleges.
Top 10 Best Legal Professions Schools
Our analysis found Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Lansing, WMU-Cooley Law School is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
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The excellent programs at Purdue University Global helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Indianapolis, Purdue University Global is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Purdue University Global are $14,436 a year.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Davenport University is a great value for legal professions students. Located in the large suburb of Grand Rapids, Davenport University is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Davenport University are $20,964 per year.
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The excellent programs at Loyola University Chicago helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in the Great Lakes Region . Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
Loyola Chicago undergraduate students pay an average of $47,808 in tuition and fees each year.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Northern Illinois University is a great value for legal professions students. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NIU are $14,738 a year.
Capital University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Columbus, Capital is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Capital are $39,338 a year.
With a ranking of #7, University of Akron Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal professions students. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Akron.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at University of Akron Main Campus are $11,880 a year.
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University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for legal professions students. It came in at #8 on the list. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW - Madison are $38,608 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UW - Madison also did well on our Best Legal Professions Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Marquette University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for legal professions students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Marquette are $45,766 a year.
Marquette also claimed a spot on our Best Legal Professions Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
With a ranking of #10, University of Chicago did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal professions students. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
UChicago undergraduate students pay an average of $60,963 in tuition and fees each year.
UChicago also made our Best Legal Professions Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #2.
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Best Legal Professions Colleges by State
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 2,368 |
| Indiana | 884 |
| Ohio | 1,272 |
| Wisconsin | 505 |
| Michigan | 1,373 |
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Majors Related to Legal Professions
Legal Professions Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Law | 36,216 |
| Legal Research | 6,659 |
| Legal Professions (Other) | 1,424 |
| Legal Support Services | 446 |
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies | 444 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Legal Professions
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Public Administration & Social Service | 53,252 |
| Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting | 13,045 |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies | 10,452 |
| Military Technologies & Applied Sciences | 1,613 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 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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