2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Legal Professions Master's Degree School for You
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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 25 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value master'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. 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.
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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for legal professions majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Best Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Thomas Jefferson School of Law to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Far Western US Region . Thomas Jefferson School of Law is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Thomas Jefferson School of Law are $1,620 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Golden Gate University - San Francisco. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a fairly large student population.
UC Berkeley graduate students pay an average of $29,262 in tuition and fees each year.
UC Berkeley not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seattle University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Seattle U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Seattle.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Seattle U are $14,310 per year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Trinity Law School. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Trinity Law School is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Santa Ana.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Trinity Law School are $13,650 per year.
University of San Diego ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large 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.
USD also claimed a spot on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
Loyola Marymount University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal professions students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Loyola Marymount is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.
Loyola Marymount graduate students pay an average of $19,922 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Loyola Marymount also did well on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
University of California - Los Angeles came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCLA are $28,138 a year.
UCLA also made our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #5.
Santa Clara University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. SCU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Santa Clara.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SCU are $25,170 per year.
SCU also took the #4 spot in our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region rankings.
Stanford University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Stanford.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Stanford are $55,011 per year.
Stanford did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.
Best Legal Professions Colleges by State
Explore the best legal professions colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| California | 6,896 |
| Washington | 892 |
| Oregon | 506 |
| Hawaii | 128 |
| Nevada | 265 |
| Alaska | 32 |
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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 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 25 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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