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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Ohio

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$10,782 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,075 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 1,634 degrees and certificates were awarded to legal professions students who went to a Ohio college or university. This makes it the #18 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Ohio ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Ohio to see which undergraduate certificate 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

Our analysis found Sinclair Community College to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Ohio. Sinclair Community College is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Dayton.

Sinclair Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,329 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Sinclair Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Ohio list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cuyahoga Community College District. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Ohio list. Located in the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga Community College District is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Cuyahoga Community College District are $4,472 a year.

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#3

Stark State College

North Canton, OH

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Stark State College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in Ohio. Stark State College is a large public school located in the suburb of North Canton.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Stark State College are $4,310 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Ohio list. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UC are $11,777 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UC also did well on our Best Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Ohio list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Kent State University at Kent is a great value for legal professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Kent State are $11,000 a year.

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#6

University of Toledo

Toledo, OH

With a ranking of #6, University of Toledo did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. University of Toledo is a large public school located in the city of Toledo.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at University of Toledo are $10,879 a year.

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Stautzenberger College - Maumee came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Ohio ranking. Stautzenberger College - Maumee is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Maumee.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Stautzenberger College - Maumee are $16,699 per year.

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Stautzenberger College - Brecksville landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate legal professions programs. Stautzenberger College - Brecksville is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Brecksville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Stautzenberger College - Brecksville are $16,699 per year.

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

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 1,257
Michigan 1,654
Illinois 2,648
Wisconsin 748

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 8 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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