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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$8,388 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,075 Avg Salary

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, legal professions was ranked #16 in the country. In fact 61,055 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Southwest Region 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.

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

#1

Phoenix College

Phoenix, AZ

Our analysis found Phoenix College to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Southwest Region . Phoenix College is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Phoenix.

Phoenix College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,854 in tuition and fees each year.

Phoenix College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Austin Community College District helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Austin, Austin Community College District is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Austin Community College District are $10,590 a year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Tarrant County College District is a great value for legal professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. Tarrant County College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Fort Worth.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Tarrant County College are $8,235 a year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Central New Mexico Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CNM are $7,540 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pima Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Pima County Community College District is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tucson.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pima County Community College District are $7,566 per year.

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Explore the best legal professions colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 1,593
Texas 3,012
New Mexico 173
Oklahoma 708

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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