2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in Georgia
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Legal Professions Master's Degree School for You
With 1,180 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal professions is the #17 most popular major in Georgia.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
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 Georgia ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Georgia 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 Georgia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Legal Professions
Our analysis found University of Georgia to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Georgia. Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UGA are $11,156 per year.
UGA did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia list.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Emory University is a great value for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. Emory is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Atlanta.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Emory are $45,684 a year.
Emory not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia list.
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| 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 |
| Tennessee | 732 |
| Louisiana | 936 |
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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 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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