2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Legal Professions School for You
Legal Professions is the #16 most popular major in the country with 61,055 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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The Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 42 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value 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. 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.
Top 10 Best Legal Professions Schools
Our analysis found Oakland Community College to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Oakland Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Bloomfield Hills.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Oakland Community College are $5,200 per year. On average, legal professions graduates from Oakland Community College take out $19,492 in student loans while working on their degree.
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The excellent programs at Ivy Tech Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Indianapolis, Ivy Tech Community College is a public school with a very large student population.
Ivy Tech Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,927 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that legal professions majors at Ivy Tech Community College take out is $14,600.
Ivy Tech Community College also claimed a spot on our Best Legal Professions Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sinclair Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the midsize city of Dayton, Sinclair Community College is a public college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Sinclair Community College are $8,076 a year.
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The excellent programs at Cuyahoga Community College District helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in the Great Lakes Region . Cuyahoga Community College District is a fairly large public school located in the city of Cleveland.
Cuyahoga Community College District undergraduate students pay an average of $8,586 in tuition and fees each year. On average, legal professions graduates from Cuyahoga Community College District take out $12,893 in student loans while working on their degree.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Herzing University - Akron. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Akron, Herzing Akron is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
Herzing Akron undergraduate students pay an average of $14,200 in tuition and fees each year. Legal Professions majors at Herzing Akron take out an average of $38,136 in student loans while working on their egree.
Herzing Akron also claimed a spot on our Best Legal Professions Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Lewis and Clark Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for legal professions students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the suburb of Godfrey, Lewis and Clark Community College is a public school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lewis and Clark Community College are $12,552 per year. Legal Professions majors at Lewis and Clark Community College take out an average of $13,000 in student loans while working on their egree.
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Herzing University - Madison landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value legal professions programs. Herzing University - Madison is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Madison.
Herzing University - Madison undergraduate students pay an average of $14,200 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that legal professions majors at Herzing University - Madison take out is $38,136.
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Rasmussen University - Illinois came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Rasmussen University - Illinois is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Rockford.
Rasmussen University - Illinois undergraduate students pay an average of $13,883 in tuition and fees each year. On average, legal professions graduates from Rasmussen University - Illinois take out $28,835 in student loans while working on their degree.
Rasmussen University - Illinois also claimed a spot on our Best Legal Professions Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. WMU-Cooley Law School is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lansing.
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Purdue University Global landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value legal professions programs. Purdue University Global is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Purdue University Global are $14,436 per year. Legal Professions majors at Purdue University Global take out an average of $36,876 in student loans while working on their egree.
Request InformationBest Legal Professions Colleges by State
Explore the best legal professions schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Indiana | 1,257 |
| Michigan | 1,654 |
| Ohio | 1,634 |
| Illinois | 2,648 |
| Wisconsin | 748 |
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Legal Professions Related Majors for 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 25 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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