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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in West Virginia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$11,009 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,099 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 330 degrees and certificates were awarded to legal professions students who went to a West Virginia college or university. This makes it the #21 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Legal Professions Schools in West Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in West Virginia 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for legal professions majors pursuing a .

Our analysis found American Public University System to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a degree in West Virginia. American Military University is a very large private for-profit school located in the fringe town of Charles Town.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at American Military University are $7,360 a year. On average, legal professions graduates from American Military University take out $30,648 in student loans while working on their degree.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, American Military University is ranked #1 for overall quality for legal professions in West Virginia.

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#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend West Virginia University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools in West Virginia list. WVU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Morgantown.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WVU are $9,144 per year.

WVU also made our Best Legal Professions Schools in West Virginia list, coming in at #5.

Full Legal Professions at West Virginia University Report

$14,657 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia Junior College - Morgantown. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in West Virginia list. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVJC Morgantown is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

WVJC Morgantown undergraduate students pay an average of $14,657 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, legal professions majors at WVJC Morgantown accumulate an average of around $13,444 in student debt.

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

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 1,307
South Carolina 526
Florida 3,659
Virginia 2,055
Arkansas 284
Mississippi 439
Louisiana 936
Alabama 426
Kentucky 423
Georgia 1,180
Tennessee 732

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 3 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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