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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$17,877 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$60,062 Avg Salary

With 965 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal professions is the #18 most popular major in Minnesota.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Minnesota ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Minnesota 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.

#1

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN

Our analysis found Hamline University to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Minnesota. Hamline is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Hamline are $10,402 per year.

Full Legal Professions at Hamline University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UMN Twin Cities are $19,494 a year.

UMN Twin Cities not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list.

Read full report on Legal Professions at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St Thomas Minnesota. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. UST MN is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Paul.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UST MN are $23,736 per year.

UST MN did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list.

Full Legal Professions at University of St Thomas Minnesota Report

Explore all the Best Value Legal Professions Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 269
Iowa 371
South Dakota 70
Missouri 1,149
Nebraska 367
North Dakota 67

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 3 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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More about our data sources and methodologies.

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