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2023 Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Schools in Maryland

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$8,302 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,654 Avg Salary

Non-Professional General Legal Studies is the #104 most popular major in Maryland with 111 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Schools in Maryland ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Maryland to see which ones offered the best value programs for non-professional general legal studies students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

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

$7,704 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Maryland Global Campus to be the best value school for non-professional general legal studies students who want to pursue a degree in Maryland. Located in the suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UMGC are $7,704 a year. The average amount in student loans that non-professional general legal studies majors at UMGC take out is $34,238.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UMGC is ranked #4 for overall quality for non-professional general legal studies in Maryland.

Full Non-Professional General Legal Studies at University of Maryland Global Campus Report

$8,900 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Anne Arundel Community College is a great value for non-professional general legal studies students. AACC is a large public school located in the suburb of Arnold.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at AACC are $8,900 per year.

AACC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Non-Professional Legal Studies Schools in Maryland list.

Read full report on Non-Professional General Legal Studies at Anne Arundel Community College

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 123
New York 377
New Jersey 39
District of Columbia 85
Delaware 10

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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