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2023 Best Value Other Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$18,351 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,455 Avg Salary

With 263 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal professions (other) is the #169 most popular major in California.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Master's Degree Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in California to see which master's degree 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.

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.

Check out the other legal professions master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Los Angeles the best value school in California for legal professions (other) students working on their master’s degree. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCLA are $13,036 a year.

UCLA not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Other Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in California list.

Full Legal Professions (Other) at University of California - Los Angeles Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of California - Davis is a great value for legal professions (other) students working on their master’s degree. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the suburb of Davis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UC Davis are $13,608 a year.

Read full report on Legal Professions (Other) at University of California - Davis

#3

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of San Diego. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Other Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in California list. USD is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at USD are $28,410 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, USD also is in the top 20% of our Best Other Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in California ranking.

Read full report on Legal Professions (Other) at University of San Diego

#4

Southwestern Law School

Los Angeles, CA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Southwestern Law School helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions (other) schools in California. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Southwestern Law School is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Southwestern Law School are $18,430 per year.

Full Legal Professions (Other) at Southwestern Law School Report

Explore all the Best Value Legal Professions (Other) Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 0
Nevada 13

Legal Professions (Other) 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
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 4,407

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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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