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2023 Best Value Other Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in New Jersey

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$19,769 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,455 Avg Salary

With 21 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal professions (other) is the #105 most popular major in New Jersey.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Other Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New Jersey to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for other 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. 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 following schools top our list of the Best Value Legal Professions (Other) Master's Degree Colleges.

#1

Seton Hall University

South Orange, NJ

Our 2023 rankings named Seton Hall University the best value school in New Jersey for legal professions (other) students working on their master’s degree. Seton Hall is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of South Orange.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Seton Hall are $26,018 a year.

Seton Hall not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Other Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list.

Full Legal Professions (Other) at Seton Hall University Report

#2

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montclair State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Other Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Montclair State graduate students pay an average of $13,519 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Explore all the Best Value Legal Professions (Other) Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 154
Pennsylvania 57
Maryland 33
District of Columbia 3

One of 4 majors within the area of study, legal professions (other) has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Law 36,216
Legal Research 6,659
Legal Support Services 446
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 444

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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