2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast 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.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 26 schools in the Southeast 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.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Top 10 Best Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named American Public University System the best value school in the Southeast Region for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. American Military University is a very large private for-profit school located in the town of Charles Town.
American Military University graduate students pay an average of $7,050 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Hodges University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Naples, International College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at International College are $15,440 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. University of Virginia is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Charlottesville.
University of Virginia graduate students pay an average of $33,520 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Virginia also made our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #3.
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Out of the 26 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a fairly large student population.
UF graduate students pay an average of $30,130 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UF is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 a year.
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With a ranking of #6, Mississippi College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Clinton, MC is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
MC graduate students pay an average of $12,796 in tuition and fees each year.
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Stetson 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 #7 on the list. Stetson is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of DeLand.
Stetson graduate students pay an average of $17,671 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #8, Florida International University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. FIU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Miami.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at FIU are $24,211 per year.
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With a ranking of #9, The University of Alabama did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Tuscaloosa, UA is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UA are $30,940 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UA also did well on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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University of Richmond ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. URichmond is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of University of Richmond.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at URichmond are $25,620 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, URichmond also is in the top 5% of our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
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Request InformationBest Legal Professions Colleges by State
Explore the best legal professions schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 1,307 |
| West Virginia | 330 |
| Mississippi | 439 |
| South Carolina | 526 |
| Florida | 3,659 |
| Virginia | 2,055 |
| Arkansas | 284 |
| Alabama | 426 |
| Kentucky | 423 |
| Georgia | 1,180 |
| Tennessee | 732 |
| Louisiana | 936 |
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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 |
Majors Similar 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 25 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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