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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in Louisiana

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$22,798 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,239 Avg Salary

With 936 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal professions is the #15 most popular major in Louisiana.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Louisiana ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Louisiana 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.

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.

Check out the legal professions programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

#1

Baton Rouge Community College

Baton Rouge, LA
$4,221 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Baton Rouge Community College to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a degree in Louisiana. BRCC is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BRCC are $4,221 per year.

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$14,200 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Herzing University - Kenner helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in Louisiana. Located in the medium-sized city of Kenner, Herzing University - Kenner is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Herzing University - Kenner are $14,200 a year. After completing their degree, legal professions graduates from Herzing University - Kenner carry an average student debtload of $38,136.

Herzing University - Kenner did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Legal Professions Schools in Louisiana list.

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$11,958 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in Louisiana. Located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public school with a very large student population.

Louisiana State University undergraduate students pay an average of $11,958 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Louisiana State University is ranked #2 for overall quality for legal professions in Louisiana.

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$60,814 Average Tuition & Fees

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

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Tulane are $60,814 per year. While working on their degree, legal professions majors at Tulane accumulate an average of around $33,469 in student debt.

Tulane did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Legal Professions Schools in Louisiana list.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means McCann School of Business & Technology is a great value for legal professions students. Located in the city of Monroe, McCann School of Business & Technology is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Legal Professions majors at McCann School of Business & Technology take out an average of $32,297 in student loans while working on their egree.

Full Legal Professions at McCann School of Business & Technology Report

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

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 1,307
West Virginia 330
Florida 3,659
Virginia 2,055
Arkansas 284
Mississippi 439
South Carolina 526
Tennessee 732
Alabama 426
Kentucky 423
Georgia 1,180

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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