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2023 Best Value Other Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$34,495 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$71,110 Avg Salary

Legal Professions (Other) is the #190 most popular major in the country with 2,013 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Other Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for other legal professions 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. 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.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for other legal professions majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named California University of Pennsylvania the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for legal professions (other) students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of California, Cal U is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Cal U are $18,508 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Other Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Pitt are $42,024 per year. The average amount in student loans that other legal professions majors at Pitt take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $22,659.

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#3

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Syracuse University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Other Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the midsize city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Syracuse are $42,954 per year.

Full Legal Professions (Other) at Syracuse University Report

Explore the best legal professions (other) colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 112
New York 218
Maryland 33
New Jersey 89
District of Columbia 13

One of 4 majors within the area of study, legal professions (other) has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Law 36,216
Legal Support Services 11,545
Legal Research 6,874
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 4,407

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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