2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Southeast 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.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 45 schools in the Southeast 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 Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Legal Professions Colleges.
Top 10 Best Legal Professions Schools
Our 2023 rankings named American Public University System the best value school in the Southeast Region for legal professions students. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at American Military University are $7,360 a year.
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The excellent programs at Hodges University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in the Southeast Region . International College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Naples.
International College undergraduate students pay an average of $14,780 in tuition and fees each year.
The excellent programs at University of Virginia - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at University of Virginia are $54,438 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, University of Virginia is ranked #3 for overall quality for legal professions in the Southeast Region .
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Out of the 45 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Liberty University are $16,160 a year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Mississippi College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Southeast Region list. MC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Clinton.
MC undergraduate students pay an average of $20,364 in tuition and fees each year.
With a ranking of #6, Sullivan University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal professions students. Sullivan University is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Louisville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Sullivan University are $13,500 per year.
Campbell University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value legal professions programs. Campbell is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the town of Buies Creek.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Campbell are $38,160 a year.
Stetson University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for legal professions students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the small city of DeLand, Stetson is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Stetson are $50,800 a year.
University of Florida did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for legal professions students. It came in at #9 on the list. UF is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.
UF undergraduate students pay an average of $28,659 in tuition and fees each year.
UF also claimed a spot on our Best Legal Professions Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
University of Richmond did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for legal professions students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the midsize city of University of Richmond, URichmond is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at URichmond are $58,570 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, URichmond also did well on our Best Legal Professions Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Best Legal Professions Colleges by State
Explore the best legal professions schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Mississippi | 240 |
| Florida | 2,585 |
| 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 |
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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 25 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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