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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$32,422 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,141 Avg Salary

With 45,189 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal professions is the #7 most popular major in the United States.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Rocky Mountains 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

#1

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

Our 2023 rankings named University of Wyoming the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for legal professions students. UW is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Laramie.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW are $16,957 per year.

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#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

The excellent programs at University of Utah helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . U of U is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at U of U are $28,345 per year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Colorado Boulder is a great value for legal professions students. CU - Boulder is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Boulder.

CU - Boulder undergraduate students pay an average of $38,358 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, CU - Boulder also did well on our Best Legal Professions Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Legal Professions at University of Colorado Boulder Report

#4

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Idaho is a great value for legal professions students. U of I is a large public school located in the distant town of Moscow.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at U of I are $27,576 a year.

Read full report on Legal Professions at University of Idaho

Out of the 6 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the # 5 spot on the list. UM is a large public school located in the small city of Missoula.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UM are $28,476 a year.

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#6

University of Denver

Denver, CO

University of Denver ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

DU undergraduate students pay an average of $54,819 in tuition and fees each year.

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Explore the best legal professions colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 261
Colorado 499
Montana 78
Idaho 138
Wyoming 78

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

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 6 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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