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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, legal professions was ranked 6th in California. In fact, 5,637 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in California 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.

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. 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.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

Our analysis found Loyola Marymount University to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Loyola Marymount graduate students pay an average of $19,922 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Golden Gate University - San Francisco. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Golden Gate University - San Francisco are $19,875 per year.

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#3

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of San Diego. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. USD is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at USD are $28,410 per year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Southern California is a great value for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

USC graduate students pay an average of $61,396 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Explore all the Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to The wub.

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