2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes 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.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 19 schools in the Great Lakes 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.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees 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 Great Lakes Region
Check out the legal professions master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Loyola University Chicago to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Loyola Chicago are $19,894 per year.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Purdue University Global is a great value for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. Purdue University Global is a very large public school located in the small city of Indianapolis.
Purdue University Global graduate students pay an average of $10,582 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. WMU-Cooley Law School is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lansing.
WMU-Cooley Law School graduate students pay an average of $14,440 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW - Madison are $25,501 a year.
UW - Madison excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Akron Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Akron, University of Akron Main Campus is a public school with a large student population.
University of Akron Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $11,936 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Chicago ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UChicago are $63,936 per year.
UChicago also made our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #3.
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DePaul 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. Located in the city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
DePaul graduate students pay an average of $18,341 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree legal professions programs. Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U-M are $50,464 per year.
U-M excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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Illinois Institute of Technology ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
Illinois Tech graduate students pay an average of $30,822 in tuition and fees each year.
Cleveland State University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree legal professions programs. Cleveland State University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Cleveland.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Cleveland State University are $18,051 a year.
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Best Legal Professions Colleges by State
Explore the best legal professions colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Indiana | 1,257 |
| Michigan | 1,654 |
| Ohio | 1,634 |
| Illinois | 2,648 |
| Wisconsin | 748 |
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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 |
Majors Similar 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 19 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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