2023 Best Value Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois to see which undergraduate certificate 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 an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Legal Professions
Our 2023 rankings named Lewis and Clark Community College the best value school in Illinois for legal professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. Lewis and Clark Community College is a small public school located in the suburb of Godfrey.
Lewis and Clark Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $9,552 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stautzenberger College - Rockford Career College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Stautzenberger College - Rockford Career College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Rockford.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Stautzenberger College - Rockford Career College are $16,699 a year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 2 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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