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2023 Best Value Other Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$34,763 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,455 Avg Salary

Legal Professions (Other) is the #118 most popular major in the country with 1,424 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Other Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for other legal professions students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

Check out the other legal professions master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

#1

William & Mary

Williamsburg, VA

Our 2023 rankings named William & Mary the best value school in the Southeast Region for legal professions (other) students working on their master’s degree. William & Mary is a moderately-sized public school located in the small suburb of Williamsburg.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at William & Mary are $34,978 per year.

William & Mary excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Other Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

Full Legal Professions (Other) at William & Mary Report

#2

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

Out of the 5 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the # 2 spot on the list. UARK is a very large public school located in the city of Fayetteville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UARK are $22,563 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UARK is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Other Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#3

Regent University

Virginia Beach, VA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Regent University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions (other) schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Virginia Beach, Regent is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Regent are $17,190 per year.

Full Legal Professions (Other) at Regent University Report

#4

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

The excellent master’s degree programs at George Mason University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions (other) schools in the Southeast Region . GMU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Fairfax.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at GMU are $37,956 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, GMU also did well on our Best Other Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Legal Professions (Other) at George Mason University Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at Tulane University of Louisiana helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions (other) schools in the Southeast Region . Tulane is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New Orleans.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Tulane are $61,130 a year.

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Explore the best legal professions (other) schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 250
Florida 51
Louisiana 111
South Carolina 0
Arkansas 15

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 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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