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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

13 Colleges
$44,408 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,310 Avg Salary

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.

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Legal Professions Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Roger Williams University School of Law the best value school in the New England Region for legal professions students. Located in the suburb of Bristol, Roger Williams University School of Law is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#2

Post University

Waterbury, CT
$15,458 Average Tuition & Fees

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 large private for-profit school located in the medium-sized 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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#3

Champlain College

Burlington, VT
$42,984 Average Tuition & Fees

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.

Champlain undergraduate students pay an average of $42,984 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Harvard are $55,587 per year.

Harvard excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region list.

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$37,355 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Roger Williams University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

RWU undergraduate students pay an average of $37,355 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that legal professions majors at RWU take out is $20,900.

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#6

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, CT
$51,270 Average Tuition & Fees

Quinnipiac University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region list. Quinnipiac is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Hamden.

Quinnipiac undergraduate students pay an average of $51,270 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

Boston College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region ranking. Boston College is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Chestnut Hill.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Boston College are $61,706 a 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 very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Northeastern are $57,592 a 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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#9

Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value legal professions programs. Located in the 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 excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region list.

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#10

Suffolk University

Boston, MA
$41,648 Average Tuition & Fees

Suffolk University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the large city of Boston, Suffolk is a private not-for-profit school 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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Explore the best legal professions schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 110
Maine 104
Rhode Island 259
Massachusetts 2,570
Connecticut 682
Vermont 358

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 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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