2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Legal Professions 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.
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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the New England Region 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.
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 Schools in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Legal Professions Colleges.
Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality 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 degree in the New England Region . Roger Williams University School of Law is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bristol.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Harvard University is a great value for legal professions students. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Harvard are $55,587 a year.
Harvard also took the #4 spot in our Best Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region rankings.
The excellent programs at Boston College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in the New England Region . Located in the city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Boston College are $61,706 per year.
Boston College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region list.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Northeastern University is a great value for legal professions students. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northeastern are $57,592 per year.
Northeastern excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region list.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Boston University is a great value for legal professions students. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Boston U are $59,816 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Boston U is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region list.
Suffolk University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value legal professions programs. Suffolk is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Suffolk are $41,648 per year.
Vermont Law School ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region list. VLS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of South Royalton.
With a ranking of #8, University of Southern Maine did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal professions students. Located in the small city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Southern Maine are $23,881 per year.
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University of Connecticut landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value legal professions programs. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UCONN are $41,192 a year.
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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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