Find Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

Find Schools Near

2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$31,406 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$60,062 Avg Salary

Legal Professions is the #16 most popular major in Illinois with 2,648 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Illinois to see which master's degree 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for legal professions majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Loyola University Chicago the best value school in Illinois for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Loyola Chicago are $19,894 per year.

Read More…

#2

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

The excellent master’s degree programs at DePaul University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in Illinois. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at DePaul are $18,341 per year.

Read full report on Legal Professions at DePaul University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Illinois Tech graduate students pay an average of $30,822 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Legal Professions at Illinois Institute of Technology

#4

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

The excellent master’s degree programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in Illinois. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

Northwestern graduate students pay an average of $56,567 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Northwestern is ranked #1 for overall quality for legal professions in Illinois.

Read More…

Explore all the Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 1,257
Michigan 1,654
Ohio 1,634
Wisconsin 748

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.

Featured Schools

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.