2023 Best Value Legal Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Legal Professions Bachelor's Degree School for You
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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Legal Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Illinois 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. 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.
Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Legal Professions
Our analysis found Southern Illinois University Carbondale to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Illinois. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SIUC are $15,240 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roosevelt University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Roosevelt are $31,493 a year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great value for legal professions students working on their bachelor’s degree. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northwestern are $60,768 per year.
Northwestern also made our Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #2.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Loyola University Chicago helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in Illinois. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Loyola Chicago are $47,808 a year.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Indiana | 1,257 |
Michigan | 1,654 |
Ohio | 1,634 |
Wisconsin | 748 |
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Majors Related to Legal Professions
Legal Professions Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Law | 36,216 |
Legal Support Services | 11,545 |
Legal Research | 6,874 |
Non-Professional General Legal Studies | 4,407 |
Legal Professions (Other) | 2,013 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Legal Professions
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 4 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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