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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$39,824 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$60,062 Avg Salary

With 45,189 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal professions is the #7 most popular major in the United States.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for legal professions majors pursuing a master's degree.

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Our analysis found University of Utah to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . U of U is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.

U of U graduate students pay an average of $25,705 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Legal Professions at University of Utah

#2

University of Denver

Denver, CO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. DU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at DU are $53,943 a year.

Full Legal Professions at University of Denver Report

Explore the best legal professions schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 261
Colorado 499
Montana 78
Idaho 138
Wyoming 78

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 2 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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