2023 Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate School for You
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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
The Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Southeast 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.
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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for legal professions majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Legal Professions
Our 2023 rankings named Hodges University the best value school in the Southeast Region for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. International College is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Naples.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at International College are $15,440 per year.
International College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.
Out of the 7 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sullivan University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Sullivan University is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Louisville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Sullivan University are $15,840 per year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UARK are $22,563 per year.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Mississippi helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the town of University, Ole Miss is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Ole Miss are $25,892 a year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Louisiana State University is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge.
Louisiana State University graduate students pay an average of $29,966 in tuition and fees each year.
Nova Southeastern University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NUS Florida are $22,790 a year.
Tulane University of Louisiana ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Tulane are $61,130 per year.
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Best Legal Professions Colleges by State
Explore the best legal professions colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Mississippi | 240 |
| Florida | 2,585 |
| North Carolina | 1,145 |
| Virginia | 1,529 |
| Tennessee | 601 |
| Georgia | 982 |
| South Carolina | 388 |
| Louisiana | 882 |
| West Virginia | 164 |
| Kentucky | 355 |
| Arkansas | 256 |
| Alabama | 363 |
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Majors Related to Legal Professions
Legal Professions Majors to Study
| 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 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Legal Professions
| 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 7 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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