2023 Best Value Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate School for You
With 3,012 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal professions is the #20 most popular major in Texas.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.
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 Texas ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Texas 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. 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.
Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Legal Professions
Our analysis found Tarrant County College District to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Texas. Located in the city of Fort Worth, Tarrant County College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Tarrant County College are $3,402 a year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Austin Community College District is a great value for legal professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. Austin Community College District is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Austin Community College District are $8,580 per year.
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Explore all the Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 1,593 |
| New Mexico | 173 |
| Oklahoma | 708 |
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Legal Professions Related Majors for Legal Professions
Legal Professions Majors to Study
| 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 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 2 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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