2023 Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate School for You
Out of all the majors we analyze each year, legal professions was ranked #16 in the country. In fact 61,055 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Legal Professions
Our 2023 rankings named Hamline University the best value school in the Plains States Region for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Hamline is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Hamline are $10,402 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. UND is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Grand Forks.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UND are $18,968 a year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Missouri - Columbia helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in the Plains States Region . Mizzou is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.
Mizzou graduate students pay an average of $28,550 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Mizzou also did well on our Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Kansas is a great value for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at KU are $25,007 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Washington University in St Louis. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
WUSTL graduate students pay an average of $58,288 in tuition and fees each year.
Request InformationBest Legal Professions Colleges by State
Explore the best legal professions schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 269 |
| Minnesota | 965 |
| Iowa | 371 |
| South Dakota | 70 |
| Missouri | 1,149 |
| Nebraska | 367 |
| North Dakota | 67 |
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Majors Related to Legal Professions
Legal Professions Majors to Study
| 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 |
Majors Similar to Legal Professions
| 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 5 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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