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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$40,107 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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for legal professions 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. 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.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for legal professions majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#1

Champlain College

Burlington, VT

Our analysis found Champlain College to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the New England Region . Champlain is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Burlington.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Champlain are $14,310 per year.

Champlain excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Harvard University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in the New England Region . Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 a year.

Harvard not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.

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#3

Suffolk University

Boston, MA

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

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Suffolk are $39,813 per year.

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#4

Vermont Law School

South Royalton, VT

Out of the 6 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Vermont Law School landed the # 4 spot on the list. VLS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote area of South Royalton.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at VLS are $43,345 a year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Southern Maine is a great value for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Southern Maine are $22,968 a year.

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University of Connecticut ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. UCONN is a very large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCONN are $42,237 per year.

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Explore the best legal professions colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 2,291
Rhode Island 153
Connecticut 552
New Hampshire 103
Maine 94
Vermont 344

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 6 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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