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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in Florida

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$19,844 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$60,062 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, legal professions students earned 2,585 degrees and certificates from a Florida school, making the subject the 5th in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in Florida ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Florida 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.

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

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Our analysis found University of Florida to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Florida. UF is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Gainesville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UF are $12,737 a year.

UF also made our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list, coming in at #1.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Florida International University is a great value for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Miami, FIU is a public school with a very large student population.

FIU graduate students pay an average of $11,106 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

Out of the 6 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public college with a very large student population.

Florida State graduate students pay an average of $11,553 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Florida State 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 Florida list.

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#4

Stetson University

DeLand, FL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Stetson University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list. Located in the city of DeLand, Stetson is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Stetson graduate students pay an average of $17,671 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Nova Southeastern University is a great value for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NUS Florida are $22,790 a year.

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#6

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

University of Miami came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Florida ranking. Located in the city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at U Miami are $41,036 per year.

U Miami not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list.

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Explore all the Best Value Legal Professions Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 240
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

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).
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