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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$32,401 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,849 Avg Salary

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

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used 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 graduate certificate.

#1

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

Our analysis found Loyola Marymount University to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Loyola Marymount is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Loyola Marymount graduate students pay an average of $19,922 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Golden Gate University - San Francisco helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large city of San Francisco, Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Golden Gate University - San Francisco are $19,875 per year.

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#3

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of San Diego helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of San Diego, USD is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

USD graduate students pay an average of $28,410 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Southern California is a great value for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at USC are $61,396 a year.

USC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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State Degrees Awarded
California 6,896
Washington 892
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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