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2023 Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Master's Degree Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$16,786 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,213 Avg Salary

With 624 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, non-professional general legal studies is the #113 most popular major in California.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Master's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in California 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for non-professional general legal studies majors pursuing a master's degree.

#1

Trinity Law School

Santa Ana, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Trinity Law School the best value school in California for non-professional general legal studies students working on their master’s degree. Trinity Law School is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Santa Ana.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Trinity Law School are $13,650 a year.

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#2

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Loyola Marymount University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Loyola Marymount is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Loyola Marymount graduate students pay an average of $19,922 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Loyola Marymount also did well on our Best Non-Professional Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in California list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Non-Professional General Legal Studies at Loyola Marymount University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Humphreys University - Stockton and Modesto Campuses. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Humphreys University is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Stockton.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Humphreys University are $10,503 a year.

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Explore all the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 165
Oregon 0
Alaska 18

One of 4 majors within the area of study, non-professional general legal studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 3 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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