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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$32,401 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,849 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 45,189 legal professions students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #7 most popular in the country.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

The Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Check out the legal professions graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

#1

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Loyola Marymount University the best value school in the Far Western US Region for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Loyola Marymount are $19,922 per year.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Golden Gate University - San Francisco landed the # 2 spot on the list. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

Golden Gate University - San Francisco graduate students pay an average of $19,875 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

Out of the 4 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Diego landed the # 3 spot on the list. USD is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.

USD graduate students pay an average of $28,410 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Southern California helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at USC are $61,396 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, USC also is in the top 20% of our Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking.

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State Degrees Awarded
California 5,637
Washington 622
Oregon 434
Nevada 187
Hawaii 116
Alaska 3

Major Annual Graduates
Law 36,216
Legal Research 6,659
Legal Professions (Other) 1,424
Legal Support Services 446
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 444

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Administration & Social Service 53,252
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting 13,045
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies 10,452
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences 1,613

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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