2023 Best Value Legal Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in Tennessee
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Legal Professions Bachelor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 732 degrees and certificates were awarded to legal professions students who went to a Tennessee college or university. This makes it the #20 most popular major in the state.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Tennessee to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for legal professions students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Legal Professions
Our analysis found The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Tennessee. UT Chattanooga is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Chattanooga.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UT Chattanooga are $9,848 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.
Vanderbilt undergraduate students pay an average of $56,966 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Vanderbilt did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list.
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Request InformationBest Value Legal Professions Colleges in the Southeast Region
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 1,307 |
| West Virginia | 330 |
| Mississippi | 439 |
| South Carolina | 526 |
| Florida | 3,659 |
| Virginia | 2,055 |
| Arkansas | 284 |
| Alabama | 426 |
| Kentucky | 423 |
| Georgia | 1,180 |
| Louisiana | 936 |
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Majors Related to Legal Professions
Legal Professions Majors to Study
| 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 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Legal Professions
| 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 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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