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2023 Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$45,992 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,213 Avg Salary

Non-Professional General Legal Studies is the #144 most popular major in the country with 4,407 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for non-professional general legal studies students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

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

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Harvard University the best value school in the New England Region for non-professional general legal studies students working on their master’s degree. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 per year.

Harvard did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Non-Professional Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.

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#2

Suffolk University

Boston, MA

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

Suffolk graduate students pay an average of $39,813 in tuition and fees each year.

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

Explore the best non-professional general legal studies schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 224
Connecticut 87
New Hampshire 2
Maine 9
Rhode Island 1
Vermont 14

Non-Professional General Legal Studies is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

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 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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