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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

22 Colleges
$13,348 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,801 Avg Salary

Legal Professions is the #16 most popular major in the country with 61,055 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 22 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for legal professions students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for legal professions majors pursuing a associate degree.

#1

Oakland Community College

Bloomfield Hills, MI

Our 2023 rankings named Oakland Community College the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for legal professions students working on their associate degree. Oakland Community College is a large public school located in the suburb of Bloomfield Hills.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Oakland Community College are $5,200 a year.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Southwestern Illinois College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large suburb of Belleville, SWIC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

SWIC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,940 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ivy Tech Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, Ivy Tech Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Ivy Tech Community College are $8,927 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Ivy Tech Community College is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Cuyahoga Community College District. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Cuyahoga Community College District is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Cleveland.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Cuyahoga Community College District are $8,586 a year.

Cuyahoga Community College District excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Sinclair Community College is a great value for legal professions students working on their associate degree. Located in the midsize city of Dayton, Sinclair Community College is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Sinclair Community College are $8,076 per year.

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Lewis and Clark Community College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree legal professions programs. Located in the small suburb of Godfrey, Lewis and Clark Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lewis and Clark Community College are $12,552 per year.

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Herzing University - Akron ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Akron, Herzing Akron is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Herzing Akron are $14,200 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Herzing Akron is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Herzing University - Madison landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree legal professions programs. Herzing University - Madison is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Madison.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Herzing University - Madison are $14,200 per year.

Herzing University - Madison excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Rasmussen University - Wisconsin ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Rasmussen University - Wisconsin is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Green Bay.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Rasmussen University - Wisconsin are $12,860 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Rasmussen University - Wisconsin also did well on our Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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City Colleges of Chicago - Wilbur Wright College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Wilbur Wright College is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Chicago.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wilbur Wright College are $14,430 per year.

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Explore the best legal professions colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 1,257
Michigan 1,654
Ohio 1,634
Illinois 2,648
Wisconsin 748

Major Annual Graduates
Law 36,216
Legal Support Services 11,545
Legal Research 6,874
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 4,407
Legal Professions (Other) 2,013

Related Major Annual Graduates
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting 142,610
Public Administration & Social Service 98,583
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies 73,813
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences 4,477

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 22 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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