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2023 Best Value Other Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$15,765 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,455 Avg Salary

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, legal professions (other) was ranked #190 in the country. In fact 2,013 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Best Value Other Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for other 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.

Check out the other legal professions master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

#1

Drake University

Des Moines, IA

Our 2023 rankings named Drake University the best value school in the Plains States Region for legal professions (other) students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Des Moines, Drake is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Drake are $11,988 per year.

Drake also took the #4 spot in our Best Other Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region rankings.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Other Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UNL graduate students pay an average of $19,541 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UNL also did well on our Best Other Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Legal Professions (Other) at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 1
Minnesota 0
Kansas 0
Iowa 26
Nebraska 63
North Dakota 0

Legal Professions (Other) is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Law 36,216
Legal Support Services 11,545
Legal Research 6,874
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 4,407

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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