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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$7,050 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,213 Avg Salary

With 152 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, non-professional general legal studies is the #45 most popular major in West Virginia.

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 West Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in West Virginia 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. 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.

Our analysis found American Public University System to be the best value school for non-professional general legal studies students who want to pursue a master’s degree in West Virginia. American Military University is a very large private for-profit school located in the fringe town of Charles Town.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at American Military University are $7,050 a year.

American Military University also took the #2 spot in our Best Non-Professional Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia rankings.

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#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means West Virginia University is a great value for non-professional general legal studies students working on their master’s degree. WVU is a very large public school located in the city of Morgantown.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at WVU are $10,332 a year.

WVU also took the #3 spot in our Best Non-Professional Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia rankings.

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 13
Virginia 92
North Carolina 2
Florida 398
Tennessee 58
Kentucky 21
South Carolina 0
Louisiana 11
Arkansas 4
Alabama 26
Mississippi 77

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 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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