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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in Massachusetts

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$55,270 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$71,432 Avg Salary

Legal Professions is the #16 most popular major in Massachusetts with 2,570 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Legal Professions Schools in Massachusetts ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Massachusetts to see which 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.

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

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA
$55,587 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Harvard University to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a degree in Massachusetts. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

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

Harvard also took the #3 spot in our Best Legal Professions Schools in Massachusetts rankings.

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#2

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA
$61,706 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Boston College are $61,706 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Boston College also did well on our Best Legal Professions Schools in Massachusetts list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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The excellent programs at Northeastern University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in Massachusetts. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Northeastern are $57,592 a year.

Northeastern excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Schools in Massachusetts list.

Full Legal Professions at Northeastern University Report

#4

Boston University

Boston, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in Massachusetts list. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Boston U undergraduate students pay an average of $59,816 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Boston U also claimed a spot on our Best Legal Professions Schools in Massachusetts list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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#5

Suffolk University

Boston, MA
$41,648 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Suffolk University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Suffolk is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Suffolk are $41,648 per year. Legal Professions majors at Suffolk take out an average of $27,000 in student loans while working on their egree. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $494.

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

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 110
Maine 104
Rhode Island 259
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 5 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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