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2023 Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$12,695 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,213 Avg Salary

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, non-professional general legal studies was ranked #181 in the country. In fact 444 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Non-Professional Legal Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for non-professional general legal studies students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used 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 non-professional general legal studies majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named American Public University System the best value school in the Southeast Region for non-professional general legal studies students working on their master’s degree. American Military University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the fringe town of Charles Town.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at American Military University are $7,050 per year.

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#2

Hodges University

Naples, FL

The excellent master’s degree programs at Hodges University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value non-professional general legal studies schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the small city of Naples, International College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

International College graduate students pay an average of $15,440 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

Out of the 4 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Kentucky University landed the # 3 spot on the list. NKU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Highland Heights.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NKU are $15,594 a year.

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#4

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

Out of the 4 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia University landed the # 4 spot on the list. WVU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Morgantown.

WVU graduate students pay an average of $26,676 in tuition and fees each year.

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Explore the best non-professional general legal studies schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 11
Tennessee 0
Kentucky 6
West Virginia 60

One of 4 majors within the area of study, non-professional general legal studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Law 36,216
Legal Research 6,659
Legal Professions (Other) 1,424
Legal Support Services 446

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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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