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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$39,824 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains 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.

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.

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Our 2023 rankings named University of Utah the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. U of U is a very large public school located in the city of Salt Lake City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U of U are $25,705 a year.

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#2

University of Denver

Denver, CO

Out of the 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the # 2 spot on the list. DU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at DU are $53,943 a year.

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Explore the best legal professions schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 616
Utah 323
Montana 85
Idaho 163
Wyoming 86

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 2 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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