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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$30,519 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,361 Avg Salary

With 892 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal professions is the #18 most popular major in Washington.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Legal Professions Schools in Washington to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Washington to see which ones offered the best value 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.

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Legal Professions Colleges.

$12,196 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Washington - Tacoma Campus the best value school in Washington for legal professions students. UW Tacoma is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Tacoma.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UW Tacoma are $12,196 a year. While working on their degree, legal professions majors at UW Tacoma accumulate an average of around $19,047 in student debt.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UW Tacoma is ranked #1 for overall quality for legal professions in Washington.

Full Legal Professions at University of Washington - Tacoma Campus Report

$12,076 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in Washington list. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a very large student population.

UW Seattle undergraduate students pay an average of $12,076 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, legal professions graduates from UW Seattle take out $19,047 in student loans while working on their degree.

UW Seattle not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Legal Professions Schools in Washington list.

Full Legal Professions at University of Washington - Seattle Campus Report

#3

Gonzaga University

Spokane, WA
$48,470 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Gonzaga University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in Washington. Located in the medium-sized city of Spokane, Gonzaga is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Gonzaga are $48,470 per year.

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

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#4

Seattle University

Seattle, WA
$49,335 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seattle University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in Washington list. Located in the city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Seattle U undergraduate students pay an average of $49,335 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Seattle U is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Schools in Washington list.

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State Degrees Awarded
California 6,896
Oregon 506
Hawaii 128
Nevada 265
Alaska 32

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 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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