2023 Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Schools in Massachusetts

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies School for You

With 224 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, non-professional general legal studies is the #109 most popular major in Massachusetts.

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

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 Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Massachusetts 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.

2023 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools in Massachusetts

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

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality in Non-Professional Legal Studies

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, MA

99 Degrees

$16,439 Average Tuition & Fees

$35,347 Average Salary

Our 2023 rankings named University of Massachusetts Amherst the best value school in Massachusetts for non-professional general legal studies students. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.

UMass Amherst undergraduate students pay an average of $16,439 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that non-professional general legal studies majors at UMass Amherst take out is $24,250.

Full Non-Professional General Legal Studies at University of Massachusetts Amherst Report

#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

5 Degrees

#3 in Quality in Massachusetts

$55,587 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Harvard University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Schools in Massachusetts list. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Harvard are $55,587 a year.

Harvard not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Non-Professional Legal Studies Schools in Massachusetts list.

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#3

Suffolk University

Boston, MA

86 Degrees

$41,648 Average Tuition & Fees

$45,532 Average Salary

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Suffolk University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Schools in Massachusetts list. Suffolk is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Suffolk are $41,648 per year. On average, non-professional general legal studies graduates from Suffolk take out $27,000 in student loans while working on their degree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $494, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

Full Non-Professional General Legal Studies at Suffolk University Report

Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Colleges in the New England Region

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

Majors Related to Non-Professional General Legal Studies

Non-Professional General Legal Studies is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Non-Professional General Legal Studies

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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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