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2023 Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Schools in New Jersey

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$14,208 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,667 Avg Salary

With 39 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, non-professional general legal studies is the #153 most popular major in New Jersey.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 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 New Jersey ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New Jersey to see which 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Colleges.

$14,952 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Ramapo College of New Jersey to be the best value school for non-professional general legal studies students who want to pursue a degree in New Jersey. Ramapo College is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Mahwah.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ramapo College are $14,952 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Ramapo College also is in the top 20% of our Best Non-Professional Legal Studies Schools in New Jersey ranking.

Full Non-Professional General Legal Studies at Ramapo College of New Jersey Report

$14,208 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend William Paterson University of New Jersey. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Schools in New Jersey list. William Paterson University is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Wayne.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at William Paterson University are $14,208 a year.

Read full report on Non-Professional General Legal Studies at William Paterson University of New Jersey

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 123
New York 377
Maryland 111
District of Columbia 85
Delaware 10

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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