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Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

2023 Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$40,107 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.

The Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the New England Region to see which graduate certificate 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.

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.

#1

Champlain College

Burlington, VT

Our analysis found Champlain College to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the New England Region . Located in the small city of Burlington, Champlain is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Champlain are $14,310 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Champlain also did well on our Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Out of the 6 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 per year.

Harvard not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.

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#3

Suffolk University

Boston, MA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Suffolk University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in the New England Region . Located in the large city of Boston, Suffolk is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Suffolk are $39,813 a year.

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#4

Vermont Law School

South Royalton, VT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vermont Law School. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the remote area of South Royalton, VLS is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at VLS are $43,345 per year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Southern Maine is a great value for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. University of Southern Maine is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Portland.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Southern Maine are $22,968 per year.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Connecticut did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCONN are $42,237 a year.

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

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 110
Maine 104
Rhode Island 259
Massachusetts 2,570
Connecticut 682
Vermont 358

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 6 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to The wub.

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