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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in Texas

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$16,887 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$60,062 Avg Salary

With 3,012 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal professions is the #20 most popular major in Texas.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 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 Texas ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Texas 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found The University of Texas at Austin to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Texas. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UT Austin are $12,050 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UT Austin is ranked #2 for overall quality for legal professions in Texas.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.

Texas A&M College Station graduate students pay an average of $10,733 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Texas A&M College Station also made our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list, coming in at #5.

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#3

University of Houston

Houston, TX

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Houston is a great value for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. UH is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UH are $9,727 a year.

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Out of the 6 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Southern University landed the # 4 spot on the list. TSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Houston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at TSU are $8,328 a year.

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#4

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, TX

Out of the 6 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, St. Mary’s University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of San Antonio, St. Mary's is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at St. Mary’s are $19,846 a year.

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Southern Methodist 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 #6 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SMU are $35,802 a year.

SMU also claimed a spot on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Full Legal Professions at Southern Methodist University Report

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 1,593
New Mexico 173
Oklahoma 708

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 6 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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