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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in District of Columbia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$50,069 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$71,717 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, legal professions students earned 2,497 degrees and certificates from a District of Columbia school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Legal Professions Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in District of Columbia to see which 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. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees 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 .

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Our analysis found Georgetown University to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a degree in District of Columbia. Georgetown is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Georgetown are $59,957 a year.

Georgetown also took the #1 spot in our Best Legal Professions Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means George Washington University is a great value for legal professions students. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

GWU undergraduate students pay an average of $57,984 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

GWU also took the #2 spot in our Best Legal Professions Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

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#3

American University

Washington, DC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in District of Columbia list. Located in the city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at The American University are $51,334 per year.

The American University also made our Best Legal Professions Schools in District of Columbia list, coming in at #3.

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#4

Howard University

Washington, DC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Howard University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools in District of Columbia list. Howard is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Howard undergraduate students pay an average of $28,916 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 5 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Washington, CUA is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

CUA undergraduate students pay an average of $52,156 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

CUA also took the #4 spot in our Best Legal Professions Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 4,768
Pennsylvania 2,017
Maryland 497
New Jersey 733
Delaware 0

More Legal Professions Rankings in District of Columbia

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 5 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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