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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$11,845 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,801 Avg Salary

Legal Professions is the #16 most popular major in Illinois with 2,648 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Illinois to see which associate degree 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. 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.

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Southwestern Illinois College the best value school in Illinois for legal professions students working on their associate degree. SWIC is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Belleville.

SWIC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,390 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 7 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis and Clark Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Lewis and Clark Community College is a small public school located in the suburb of Godfrey.

Lewis and Clark Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $9,552 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent associate degree programs at City Colleges of Chicago - Wilbur Wright College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in Illinois. Located in the large city of Chicago, Wilbur Wright College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Wilbur Wright College undergraduate students pay an average of $11,520 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 7 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Rasmussen University - Illinois landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Rockford, Rasmussen University - Illinois is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rasmussen University - Illinois are $13,883 per year.

Rasmussen University - Illinois not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in Illinois list.

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#5

MacCormac College

Chicago, IL

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means MacCormac College is a great value for legal professions students working on their associate degree. Located in the large city of Chicago, MacCormac is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at MacCormac are $12,700 a year.

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#6

Roosevelt University

Chicago, IL

Roosevelt University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree legal professions programs. Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Roosevelt are $31,493 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Roosevelt also is in the top 20% of our Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in Illinois ranking.

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With a ranking of #7, Stautzenberger College - Rockford Career College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal professions students working on their associate degree. Stautzenberger College - Rockford Career College is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Rockford.

Stautzenberger College - Rockford Career College undergraduate students pay an average of $16,699 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Explore all the Best Value Legal Professions Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 1,257
Michigan 1,654
Ohio 1,634
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 7 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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