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2023 Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$38,333 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,149 Avg Salary

Non-Professional General Legal Studies is the #144 most popular major in the country with 4,407 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the New England Region 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.

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.

Check out the non-professional general legal studies programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

#1

Post University

Waterbury, CT
$15,458 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Post University the best value school in the New England Region for non-professional general legal studies students. Located in the midsize suburb of Waterbury, Post University is a private for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Post University are $15,458 a year. While working on their degree, non-professional general legal studies majors at Post University accumulate an average of around $43,306 in student debt.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Schools in the New England Region list. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Harvard are $55,587 per year.

Harvard excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Non-Professional Legal Studies Schools in the New England Region list.

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#3

Suffolk University

Boston, MA
$41,648 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Suffolk University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best non-professional general legal studies schools in the New England Region . Suffolk is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Suffolk are $41,648 per year. Non-Professional General Legal Studies majors at Suffolk take out an average of $27,000 in student loans while working on their egree. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $494, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

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$37,355 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Roger Williams University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best non-professional general legal studies schools in the New England Region . RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bristol.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at RWU are $37,355 per year.

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$36,964 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Massachusetts Amherst helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best non-professional general legal studies schools in the New England Region . UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UMass Amherst are $36,964 a year. On average, non-professional general legal studies graduates from UMass Amherst take out $24,250 in student loans while working on their degree.

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#6

Champlain College

Burlington, VT
$42,984 Average Tuition & Fees

Champlain College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value non-professional general legal studies programs. Champlain is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Burlington.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Champlain are $42,984 per year.

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Explore the best non-professional general legal studies colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 224
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 6 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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