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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

9 Colleges
$36,841 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$60,062 Avg Salary

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.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Roger Williams University School of Law the best value school in the New England Region for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Bristol, Roger Williams University School of Law is a private not-for-profit college 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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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Harvard University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in the New England Region . Located in the medium-sized 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 not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.

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#3

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Boston College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. 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.

In addition to its great value ranking, Boston College is 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northeastern are $26,095 per 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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#5

Suffolk University

Boston, MA

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 large city of Boston, Suffolk is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Suffolk graduate students pay an average of $39,813 in tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Boston University

Boston, MA

With a ranking of #6, Boston University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Boston U are $59,418 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Boston U also did well on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#7

Vermont Law School

South Royalton, VT

Vermont Law School ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the remote area of South Royalton, VLS is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

VLS graduate students pay an average of $43,345 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Connecticut 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 #8 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school 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 landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree legal professions programs. University of Southern Maine is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Portland.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Southern Maine are $22,968 per 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

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 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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