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2023 Best Value Law Schools in Massachusetts

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$55,270 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$76,560 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Law School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, law was ranked 3rd in Massachusetts. In fact, 1,998 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Law Schools in Massachusetts ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Massachusetts to see which programs offered the best value experiences for law 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.

2023 Best Value Law Schools in Massachusetts

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

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality in Law

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA
$55,587 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Harvard University the best value school in Massachusetts for law students. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Harvard are $55,587 a year.

Harvard not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Law Schools in Massachusetts list.

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#2

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA
$61,706 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Law Schools in Massachusetts list. Boston College is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Chestnut Hill.

Boston College undergraduate students pay an average of $61,706 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Boston College also made our Best Law Schools in Massachusetts list, coming in at #5.

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$57,592 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northeastern University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Law Schools in Massachusetts list. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northeastern are $57,592 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Northeastern also did well on our Best Law Schools in Massachusetts list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#4

Boston University

Boston, MA
$59,816 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Law Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Boston U are $59,816 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Boston U also is in the top 15% of our Best Law Schools in Massachusetts ranking.

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#5

Suffolk University

Boston, MA
$41,648 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Suffolk University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Law Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the large city of Boston, Suffolk is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Suffolk are $41,648 per year.

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With a ranking of #6, New England Law - Boston did quite well on this year’s best value schools for law students. New England Law is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

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Best Value Law Colleges in the New England Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 458
Rhode Island 150
New Hampshire 86
Maine 81
Vermont 165

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Law is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Legal Research 6,659
Legal Professions (Other) 1,424
Legal Support Services 446
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 444

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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