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2023 Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Schools in Pennsylvania

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$41,036 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,201 Avg Salary

Non-Professional General Legal Studies is the #166 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 123 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Pennsylvania 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.

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA
$61,710 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Pennsylvania the best value school in Pennsylvania for non-professional general legal studies students. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UPenn are $61,710 a year.

UPenn did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Non-Professional Legal Studies Schools in Pennsylvania list.

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$20,362 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pitt are $20,362 per year.

Pitt excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Non-Professional Legal Studies Schools in Pennsylvania list.

Read full report on Non-Professional General Legal Studies at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

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
New York 377
Maryland 111
New Jersey 39
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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