2023 Best Value Law Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Law School for You
Law is the #28 most popular major in the country with 36,216 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Law Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 25 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for law students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
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2023 Best Value Law Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Law Colleges.
Top 10 Best Law Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for law students. WMU-Cooley Law School is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Lansing.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northern Illinois University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Law Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. NIU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Dekalb.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NIU are $14,738 a year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capital University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Law Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Capital is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Columbus.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Capital are $39,338 per year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Akron Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Law Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Akron, University of Akron Main Campus is a public college with a large student population.
University of Akron Main Campus undergraduate students pay an average of $11,880 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University Chicago. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Law Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
Loyola Chicago undergraduate students pay an average of $47,808 in tuition and fees each year.
With a ranking of #6, University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well on this year’s best value schools for law students. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a fairly large student population.
UW - Madison undergraduate students pay an average of $38,608 in tuition and fees each year.
UW - Madison also claimed a spot on our Best Law Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.
Marquette University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for law students. It came in at #7 on the list. Marquette is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Milwaukee.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Marquette are $45,766 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Marquette also is in the top 10% of our Best Law Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
Purdue University Global ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Law Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue University Global is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Purdue University Global are $14,436 a year.
With a ranking of #9, Northwestern University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for law students. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Northwestern undergraduate students pay an average of $60,768 in tuition and fees each year.
Northwestern also took the #2 spot in our Best Law Schools in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
University of Chicago came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Law Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
UChicago undergraduate students pay an average of $60,963 in tuition and fees each year.
UChicago did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Law Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
Best Law Colleges by State
Explore the best law colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 1,285 |
| Ohio | 1,015 |
| Illinois | 1,700 |
| Indiana | 599 |
| Wisconsin | 463 |
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Law Related Majors for Law
Law is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Law
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Legal Support Services | 11,545 |
| Legal Research | 6,874 |
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies | 4,407 |
| Legal Professions (Other) | 2,013 |
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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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