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2023 Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$36,337 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$18,611 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, 4,407 people earned a degree or certificate in non-professional general legal studies, making the major the #144 most popular in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the United States to see which undergraduate certificate 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.

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

Our analysis found University of Cincinnati - Main Campus to be the best value school for non-professional general legal studies students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the United States. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UC are $27,111 a year.

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

Out of the 2 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, St John’s University - New York landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Queens, STJ is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at STJ are $45,562 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, STJ also did well on our Best Non-Professional Legal Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Non-Professional General Legal Studies at St John’s University - New York Report

View the Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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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