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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

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

With 224 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, non-professional general legal studies is the #109 most popular major in Massachusetts.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 Massachusetts ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Massachusetts 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. 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 Massachusetts 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 city of Cambridge.

Harvard graduate students pay an average of $52,170 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Harvard did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Non-Professional Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list.

Full Non-Professional General Legal Studies at Harvard University Report

#2

Suffolk University

Boston, MA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Suffolk University is a great value for non-professional general legal studies students working on their master’s degree. Suffolk is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Suffolk are $39,813 per year.

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

Explore all the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to The wub.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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