2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Legal Professions School for You
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. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 13 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value 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.
Top 10 Best Legal Professions Schools
Our analysis found Roger Williams University School of Law to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a degree in the New England Region . Located in the large suburb of Bristol, Roger Williams University School of Law is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
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The excellent programs at Post University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in the New England Region . Post University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the suburb of Waterbury.
Post University undergraduate students pay an average of $15,458 in tuition and fees each year. On average, legal professions graduates from Post University take out $36,153 in student loans while working on their degree.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Champlain College is a great value for legal professions students. Located in the small city of Burlington, Champlain is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Champlain are $42,984 per year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Harvard University is a great value for legal professions students. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Harvard undergraduate students pay an average of $55,587 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Harvard also did well on our Best Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Out of the 13 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Roger Williams University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at RWU are $37,355 a year. The average amount in student loans that legal professions majors at RWU take out is $20,900.
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Quinnipiac University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region list. Quinnipiac is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hamden.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Quinnipiac are $51,270 a year.
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Boston College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value legal professions programs. Boston College is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chestnut Hill.
Boston College undergraduate students pay an average of $61,706 in tuition and fees each year.
Boston College also claimed a spot on our Best Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Northeastern University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region ranking. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northeastern are $57,592 per year.
Northeastern also claimed a spot on our Best Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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With a ranking of #9, Boston University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal professions students. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Boston U undergraduate students pay an average of $59,816 in tuition and fees each year.
Boston U also claimed a spot on our Best Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Suffolk University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large city of Boston, Suffolk is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Suffolk are $41,648 per year. The average amount in student loans that legal professions majors at Suffolk take out is $27,000. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $494, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.
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Request InformationBest Legal Professions Colleges by State
Explore the best legal professions colleges for a specific state in the New England region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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New Hampshire | 110 |
Maine | 104 |
Rhode Island | 259 |
Massachusetts | 2,570 |
Connecticut | 682 |
Vermont | 358 |
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Legal Professions Related Majors for Legal Professions
Legal Professions Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 |
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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 13 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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