2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in the New England 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.
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 New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the New England Region 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. 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.
Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Legal Professions
Our analysis found Roger Williams University School of Law to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the New England Region . Located in the large suburb of Bristol, Roger Williams University School of Law is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Roger Williams University School of Law are $12,803 per year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Harvard University is a great value for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Harvard graduate students pay an average of $52,170 in tuition and fees each year.
Harvard did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Boston College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in the New England Region . Boston College is a large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Chestnut Hill.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Boston College are $32,722 per year.
Boston College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Northeastern University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in the New England Region . Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
Northeastern graduate students pay an average of $26,095 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Northeastern also is in the top 15% of our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking.
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Out of the 9 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Suffolk University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Boston, Suffolk is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Suffolk are $39,813 per year.
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Boston 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 #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Boston U graduate students pay an average of $59,418 in tuition and fees each year.
Boston U also claimed a spot on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Vermont Law School landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree legal professions programs. Located in the rural 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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University of Connecticut ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. 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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University of Southern Maine 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 #9 on the list. University of Southern Maine is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Portland.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Southern Maine are $22,968 a year.
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Explore the best legal professions colleges 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 |
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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 9 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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