2023 Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Master's Degree Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 4,407 people earned a degree or certificate in non-professional general legal studies, making the major the #144 most popular in the United States.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Master's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the United States to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for non-professional general legal studies students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named American Public University System the best value school in the United States for non-professional general legal studies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at American Military University are $7,050 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Drake University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of Des Moines, Drake is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Drake graduate students pay an average of $11,988 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Drake also did well on our Best Non-Professional Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Out of the 17 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Hodges University landed the # 3 spot on the list. International College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Naples.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at International College are $15,440 per year.
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Out of the 17 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity Law School landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Santa Ana, Trinity Law School is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Trinity Law School are $13,650 a year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value non-professional general legal studies schools in the United States. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UPenn are $42,932 per year.
UPenn excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Non-Professional Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools list.
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With a ranking of #6, Loyola Marymount University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for non-professional general legal studies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Loyola Marymount are $19,922 per year.
Loyola Marymount also claimed a spot on our Best Non-Professional Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for non-professional general legal studies students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.
ASU - Tempe graduate students pay an average of $24,432 in tuition and fees each year.
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Harvard University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Harvard also did well on our Best Non-Professional Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Northern Kentucky University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NKU are $15,594 per year.
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With a ranking of #10, Humphreys University - Stockton and Modesto Campuses did quite well on this year’s best value schools for non-professional general legal studies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Stockton, Humphreys University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Humphreys University are $10,503 per year.
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Majors Related to Non-Professional General Legal Studies
Non-Professional General Legal Studies is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Law | 36,216 |
| Legal Support Services | 11,545 |
| Legal Research | 6,874 |
| Legal Professions (Other) | 2,013 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 17 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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