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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$28,420 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$60,062 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, legal professions students earned 982 degrees and certificates from a Georgia school, making the subject the 6th in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

The Best Value Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in Georgia ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Georgia 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Check out the legal professions master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

Our analysis found University of Georgia to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Georgia. Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UGA are $11,156 per year.

UGA did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia list.

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#2

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

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

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Emory are $45,684 a year.

Emory not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia list.

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State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 240
Florida 2,585
Virginia 1,529
Tennessee 601
North Carolina 1,145
West Virginia 164
Louisiana 882
South Carolina 388
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 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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More about our data sources and methodologies.

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