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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$19,769 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,455 Avg Salary

Legal Professions (Other) is the #120 most popular major in New Jersey with 89 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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 Other Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in New Jersey to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for other legal professions students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

#1

Seton Hall University

South Orange, NJ

Our analysis found Seton Hall University to be the best value school for legal professions (other) students who want to pursue a master’s degree in New Jersey. Located in the suburb of South Orange, Seton Hall is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Seton Hall graduate students pay an average of $26,018 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Seton Hall is ranked #4 for overall quality for other legal professions in New Jersey.

Full Legal Professions (Other) at Seton Hall University Report

#2

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montclair State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Other Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list. Montclair State is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Montclair.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Montclair State are $13,519 a year.

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

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