2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Legal Professions Master's Degree 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. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for legal professions majors pursuing a master's degree.
Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Legal Professions
Our analysis found Roger Williams University School of Law to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the New England Region . Roger Williams University School of Law is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bristol.
Roger Williams University School of Law graduate students pay an average of $12,803 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Harvard University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.
Harvard graduate students pay an average of $52,170 in tuition and fees each year.
Harvard also took the #5 spot in our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region rankings.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Boston College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in the New England Region . Located in the city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Boston College are $32,722 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Boston College also is in the top 10% of our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Northeastern graduate students pay an average of $26,095 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Northeastern also did well on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Suffolk University is a great value for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. 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.
Boston 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 #6 on the list. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Boston U are $59,418 a year.
Boston U excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
Vermont Law School 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. VLS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of South Royalton.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at VLS are $43,345 a year.
With a ranking of #8, University of Connecticut did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. UCONN is a very large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCONN are $42,237 a year.
University of Southern Maine 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. Located in the small city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
University of Southern Maine graduate students pay an average of $22,968 in tuition and fees each year.
Best Legal Professions Colleges by State
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 |
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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 9 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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