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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

39 Colleges
$11,058 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,801 Avg Salary

Legal Professions is the #16 most popular major in the country with 61,055 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 39 schools in the Southeast Region to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for legal professions students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees 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 legal professions majors pursuing a associate degree.

Our 2023 rankings named American Public University System the best value school in the Southeast Region for legal professions students working on their associate degree. American Military University is a very large private for-profit school located in the fringe town of Charles Town.

American Military University undergraduate students pay an average of $7,360 in tuition and fees each year.

American Military University also made our Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #2.

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#2

Baton Rouge Community College

Baton Rouge, LA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baton Rouge Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. BRCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Baton Rouge.

BRCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,221 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Valencia College

Orlando, FL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Valencia College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Valencia College is a very large public school located in the large city of Orlando.

Valencia College undergraduate students pay an average of $9,383 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Valencia College is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Hillsborough Community College is a great value for legal professions students working on their associate degree. HCC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tampa.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at HCC are $9,111 per year.

HCC also claimed a spot on our Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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Out of the 39 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Piedmont Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Central Piedmont Community College is a large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Central Piedmont Community College are $8,936 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Central Piedmont Community College also is in the top 10% of our Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

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Reynolds Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Richmond, Reynolds Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Reynolds Community College are $8,800 per year.

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#7

Broward College

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Broward College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal professions students to get a associate degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Fort Lauderdale, BC is a public school with a very large student population.

BC undergraduate students pay an average of $8,952 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, BC also is in the top 15% of our Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

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#8

Palm Beach State College

Lake Worth, FL

Palm Beach State College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal professions students to get a associate degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the suburb of Lake Worth, Palm Beach State College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Palm Beach State College are $10,910 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Palm Beach State College is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#9

Miami Dade College

Miami, FL

Miami Dade College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree legal professions programs. MDC is a very large public school located in the city of Miami.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MDC are $9,661 per year.

MDC also claimed a spot on our Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#10

Greenville Technical College

Greenville, SC

Greenville Technical College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree legal professions programs. GTC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Greenville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GTC are $9,410 per year.

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Explore the best legal professions schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 1,307
West Virginia 330
South Carolina 526
Florida 3,659
Virginia 2,055
Arkansas 284
Mississippi 439
Louisiana 936
Alabama 426
Kentucky 423
Georgia 1,180
Tennessee 732

Major Annual Graduates
Law 36,216
Legal Support Services 11,545
Legal Research 6,874
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 4,407
Legal Professions (Other) 2,013

Related Major Annual Graduates
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting 142,610
Public Administration & Social Service 98,583
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies 73,813
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences 4,477

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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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