2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Legal Professions Master's Degree 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.
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The Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the Plains States Region to see which master's degree 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.
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.
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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Hamline University the best value school in the Plains States Region for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Hamline is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Hamline graduate students pay an average of $10,402 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Drake University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Des Moines, Drake is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Drake are $11,988 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Drake is ranked #4 for overall quality for legal professions in the Plains States Region .
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public school with a fairly large student population.
UNL graduate students pay an average of $19,541 in tuition and fees each year.
UNL excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of St Thomas Minnesota. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UST MN are $23,736 per year.
UST MN also took the #1 spot in our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region rankings.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a great value for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $29,262 a year.
UMN Twin Cities also claimed a spot on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
Read full report on Legal Professions at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
University of Kansas came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a very large student population.
KU graduate students pay an average of $25,007 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Iowa came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Iowa are $31,012 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Iowa is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
University of Missouri - Columbia ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.
Mizzou graduate students pay an average of $28,550 in tuition and fees each year.
Washburn University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Topeka, Washburn University is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Washburn University are $19,316 per year.
University of Missouri - Kansas City did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal professions students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMKC are $27,803 a year.
Read full report on Legal Professions at University of Missouri - Kansas City
Best Legal Professions Colleges by State
Explore the best legal professions colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 210 |
| Missouri | 1,062 |
| Minnesota | 821 |
| Iowa | 272 |
| North Dakota | 60 |
| Nebraska | 233 |
| South Dakota | 62 |
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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 Related Majors
| 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 11 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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