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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in Michigan

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$12,861 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,801 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 1,654 degrees and certificates were awarded to legal professions students who went to a Michigan college or university. This makes it the #17 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 Michigan ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Michigan 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.

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 analysis found Oakland Community College to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a associate degree in Michigan. Oakland Community College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Bloomfield Hills.

Oakland Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,200 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Oakland Community College 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 Michigan list.

Full Legal Professions at Oakland Community College Report

#2

Davenport University

Grand Rapids, MI

The excellent associate degree programs at Davenport University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in Michigan. Davenport University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Grand Rapids.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Davenport University are $20,964 per year.

Full Legal Professions at Davenport University Report

#3

Baker College

Owosso, MI

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Baker College is a great value for legal professions students working on their associate degree. Baker College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Owosso.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Baker College are $12,420 a year.

Read full report on Legal Professions at Baker College

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
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 3 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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