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Best Value Legal Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

2023 Best Value Legal Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$42,717 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,390 Avg Salary

Legal Professions is the #16 most popular major in the country with 61,055 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 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.

The Best Value Legal Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which bachelor's 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. 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.

Our analysis found University of California - Berkeley to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UC Berkeley are $43,980 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UC Berkeley is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Washington - Tacoma Campus is a great value for legal professions students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Tacoma, UW Tacoma is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW Tacoma are $40,026 per year.

UW Tacoma also claimed a spot on our Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UW Seattle is a very large public school located in the city of Seattle.

UW Seattle undergraduate students pay an average of $39,906 in tuition and fees each year.

UW Seattle excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Cruz. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Santa Cruz.

UC Santa Cruz undergraduate students pay an average of $43,824 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Humphreys University - Stockton and Modesto Campuses. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Humphreys University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Stockton.

Humphreys University undergraduate students pay an average of $14,580 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of La Verne

La Verne, CA

University of La Verne ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the suburb of La Verne, ULV is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

ULV undergraduate students pay an average of $45,850 in tuition and fees each year.

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Explore the best legal professions colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 6,896
Washington 892
Oregon 506
Hawaii 128
Nevada 265
Alaska 32

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 6 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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