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Law and Criminal Justice Schools in Des Moines
Des Moines, IA (population: 200,202) has three law and criminal justice schools within its city limits. Grand View University, the highest ranked school in the city with a law and criminal justice program, has a total student population of 2,039. It is the 606th highest ranked school in the USA and the 8th highest in the state of Iowa (#1 is Luther College). To learn more about law and criminal justice programs in Des Moines, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of law and criminal justice professors at Grand View University such as Shawn Smith.
Law and Criminal Justice students from Des Moines schools who go on to become law and criminal justice professionals, corrections officers, jailers, court reporters, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 556,790 people working as lawyers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $129,020. Also, Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators make on average $63,250 per year and there are about 8,110 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Des Moines-West Des Moines area alone, there are ** employed arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators earning an average salary of $55,940. Lawyers in this area earn $126,220/yr and there are 1,390 employed.
Des Moines lies in Polk county, which is one of the 52 counties in Iowa. Overall, the Des Moines-West Des Moines area has 322,000 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $20/hr average worker wage, and a $42,120 average annual salary. Thus, about 4 out of every 1000 jobs in Des Moines are held by lawyers, and **/1000 are held by arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators.
Of the 3 law and criminal justice schools in Des Moines, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Drake University comes out as the most expensive ($23,091/yr) for law and criminal justice students, with AIB College of Business as the lowest, reported at only $11,102/yr.
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Cities Near Des Moines
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Des Moines |
| Urbandale | IA | - | 1 | 15.697 | 16 | 5.8 miles |
| West Des Moines | IA | 57,065 | 1 | 4.37611 | 3 | 6.8 miles |
| Ankeny | IA | 45,142 | 2 | 40.688 | 102 | 9.7 miles |
| Ames | IA | 58,120 | 1 | 34.322 | 6 | 30.4 miles |
| Fort Dodge | IA | - | 2 | 25.3587 | 65 | 69.4 miles |
| Cedar Falls | IA | - | 3 | 27.7287 | 174 | 88.8 miles |
| Waterloo | IA | 67,011 | 3 | 23.0675 | 66 | 90.7 miles |