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Law and Criminal Justice Schools in Missouri

Missouri contains 69 schools that offer law and criminal justice programs. Webster University, the highest-ranking law and criminal justice school in MO, has a total student population of 19,372 and is the 177th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 69 law and criminal justice schools in Missouri, only 11 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Allied College North comes out as the most expensive ($45,104/yr), with Mineral Area College as the lowest recorded at only $4,554/yr.

Law and Criminal Justice students from Missouri 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 Missouri alone, there are 100 employed arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators earning an average yearly salary of $70,230. Lawyers in this state earn $112,380/yr and there are 9,610 employed.

Also, within the law and criminal justice schools in Missouri, the average student population is 2,183 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from law and criminal justice, there are 4755 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,482 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,695, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Missouri Interesting Facts

Missouri is known as the "Show Me State".
The 'Show Me State' expression may have began in 1899 when Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver stated, "I'm from Missouri and you've got to show me."
The first successful parachute jump to be made from a moving airplane was made by Captain Berry at St. Louis, in 1912.
The most destructive tornado on record occurred in Annapolis. In 3 hours, it tore through the town on March 18, 1925 leaving a 980-foot wide trail of demolished buildings, uprooted trees, and overturned cars. It left 823 people dead and almost 3,000 injured.
At the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, Richard Blechyden, served tea with ice and invented iced tea.

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