2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Legal Professions Master's Degree School for You
Legal Professions is the #16 most popular major in Massachusetts with 2,570 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. 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.
The Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Massachusetts 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.
Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Legal Professions
Our analysis found Harvard University to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Massachusetts. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Harvard are $52,170 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Harvard is ranked #2 for overall quality for legal professions in Massachusetts.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Boston College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Boston College are $32,722 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Boston College is ranked #5 for overall quality for legal professions in Massachusetts.
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Out of the 5 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Northeastern graduate students pay an average of $26,095 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Northeastern also did well on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Suffolk University is a great value for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. Suffolk is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Suffolk are $39,813 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Boston U are $59,418 per 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 Massachusetts list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Explore all the Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 110 |
| Maine | 104 |
| Rhode Island | 259 |
| Connecticut | 682 |
| Vermont | 358 |
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Majors Related to 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 5 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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