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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in Florida

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$23,522 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,290 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Legal Professions Schools in Florida to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 10 schools in Florida to see which ones offered the best value 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 following schools top our list of the Best Value Legal Professions Colleges.

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL
$6,381 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Florida the best value school in Florida for legal professions students. UF is a very large public school located in the city of Gainesville.

UF undergraduate students pay an average of $6,381 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UF not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Legal Professions Schools in Florida list.

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$6,565 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 10 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Miami, FIU is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at FIU are $6,565 a year.

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#3

Hodges University

Naples, FL
$14,780 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Hodges University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in Florida. International College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Naples.

International College undergraduate students pay an average of $14,780 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL
$6,517 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in Florida list. Located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Florida State are $6,517 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Florida State is ranked #5 for overall quality for legal professions in Florida.

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$5,785 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 10 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Florida A&M University is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Tallahassee.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Florida A&M University are $5,785 per year.

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#6

Stetson University

DeLand, FL
$50,800 Average Tuition & Fees

Stetson University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value legal professions programs. Located in the city of DeLand, Stetson is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Stetson are $50,800 per year.

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#7

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL
$34,570 Average Tuition & Fees

Nova Southeastern University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools in Florida list. Located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NUS Florida are $34,570 per year.

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#8

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL
$54,760 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Miami ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools in Florida list. Located in the small city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at U Miami are $54,760 a year.

U Miami did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Legal Professions Schools in Florida list.

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#9

Barry University

Miami, FL
$31,540 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #9, Barry University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal professions students. Barry University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Miami.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Barry University are $31,540 a year.

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#10

Ave Maria School of Law

Naples, FL

Ave Maria School of Law ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools in Florida list. Ave Maria Law is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Naples.

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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 10 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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