2023 Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Louisiana
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate School for You
With 936 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal professions is the #15 most popular major in Louisiana.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.
The Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Louisiana ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Louisiana 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.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Louisiana Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Legal Professions
Our analysis found Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Louisiana. Located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public school with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Louisiana State University are $13,031 per year.
Louisiana State University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Louisiana list.
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Out of the 2 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulane University of Louisiana landed the # 2 spot on the list. Tulane is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New Orleans.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Tulane are $61,130 per year.
Tulane also took the #4 spot in our Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Louisiana rankings.
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Request InformationBest Value Legal Professions Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Best Value Legal Professions Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
| 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 |
| Tennessee | 732 |
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Legal Professions Related Majors for 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 Related Majors
| 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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