2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Plains States 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.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.
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 Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 12 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for 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. 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 Schools in the Plains States Region
Check out the legal professions programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Legal Professions Schools
Our analysis found Hamline University to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a degree in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Hamline is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Hamline undergraduate students pay an average of $46,221 in tuition and fees each year.
The excellent programs at Drake University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the midsize city of Des Moines, Drake is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Drake undergraduate students pay an average of $45,912 in tuition and fees each year.
Drake did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Legal Professions Schools in the Plains States Region list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a fairly large student population.
UNL undergraduate students pay an average of $26,720 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UNL also did well on our Best Legal Professions Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Plains States Region list. UND is a large public school located in the city of Grand Forks.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UND are $15,037 a year.
The excellent programs at University of St Thomas Minnesota helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
UST MN undergraduate students pay an average of $48,329 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UST MN is ranked #2 for overall quality for legal professions in the Plains States Region .
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a very large student population.
UMN Twin Cities undergraduate students pay an average of $33,818 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UMN Twin Cities also did well on our Best Legal Professions Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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University of Kansas came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at KU are $28,034 a year.
With a ranking of #8, Washburn University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal professions students. Located in the midsize city of Topeka, Washburn University is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Washburn University are $19,876 per year.
University of Iowa ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Iowa are $31,905 a year.
Iowa excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Schools in the Plains States Region list.
University of Missouri - Columbia ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Plains States Region list. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mizzou are $30,450 per year.
Best Legal Professions Colleges by State
Explore the best legal professions schools 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 12 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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