2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in Massachusetts
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Legal Professions School for You
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.
Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality in Legal Professions
Our 2023 rankings named Harvard University the best value school in Massachusetts for legal professions students. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Harvard are $55,587 per year.
Harvard not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Legal Professions Schools in Massachusetts list.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Boston College is a great value for legal professions students. Located in the city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Boston College are $61,706 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Boston College also is in the top 15% of our Best Legal Professions Schools in Massachusetts ranking.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Northeastern undergraduate students pay an average of $57,592 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Northeastern is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Schools in Massachusetts list.
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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.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Boston U also is in the top 20% of our Best Legal Professions Schools in Massachusetts ranking.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Suffolk University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools in Massachusetts list. Suffolk is a moderately-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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State | Degrees Awarded |
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New Hampshire | 110 |
Maine | 104 |
Rhode Island | 259 |
Connecticut | 682 |
Vermont | 358 |
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Majors Related to 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 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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