2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Legal Professions Master's Degree School for You
With 45,189 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal professions is the #7 most popular major in the United States.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 28 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which master's degree 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. 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.
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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found California University of Pennsylvania to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the small suburb of California, Cal U is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Cal U are $18,508 a year.
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Out of the 28 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Stevenson University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Stevenson, Stevenson is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Stevenson graduate students pay an average of $8,340 in tuition and fees each year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Fordham University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of Bronx, Fordham U is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Fordham U graduate students pay an average of $23,846 in tuition and fees each year.
Out of the 28 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
UPenn graduate students pay an average of $42,932 in tuition and fees each year.
UPenn also took the #4 spot in our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region rankings.
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Out of the 28 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NYU are $38,206 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, NYU also is in the top 15% of our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
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Villanova University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Villanova are $21,199 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Villanova is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
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Widener University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal professions students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Widener is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Chester.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Widener are $25,416 a year.
Seton Hall University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Seton Hall is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of South Orange.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Seton Hall are $26,018 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Seton Hall also is in the top 15% of our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
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George Washington University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal professions students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at GWU are $32,904 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, GWU is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
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With a ranking of #10, Georgetown University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. Georgetown is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Georgetown are $55,128 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Georgetown also did well on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Best Legal Professions Colleges by State
Explore the best legal professions schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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New York | 4,768 |
Pennsylvania | 2,017 |
Maryland | 497 |
New Jersey | 733 |
District of Columbia | 2,497 |
Delaware | 0 |
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Legal Professions Related Majors for Legal Professions
Legal Professions Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Law | 36,216 |
Legal Research | 6,659 |
Legal Professions (Other) | 1,424 |
Legal Support Services | 446 |
Non-Professional General Legal Studies | 444 |
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 25 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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