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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in Kentucky

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$11,791 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,055 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, legal professions students earned 355 degrees and certificates from a Kentucky school, making the subject the 8th 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 Schools in Kentucky ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Kentucky 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. 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.

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for legal professions majors pursuing a .

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY
$12,610 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Kentucky the best value school in Kentucky for legal professions students. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public school with a very large student population.

UK undergraduate students pay an average of $12,610 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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#2

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY
$10,392 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northern Kentucky University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public college with a large student population.

NKU undergraduate students pay an average of $10,392 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Sullivan University

Louisville, KY
$13,500 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sullivan University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in Kentucky list. Sullivan University is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Louisville.

Sullivan University undergraduate students pay an average of $13,500 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY
$12,370 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Louisville helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in Kentucky. Located in the large city of Louisville, UofL is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UofL are $12,370 per year.

UofL also made our Best Legal Professions Schools in Kentucky list, coming in at #5.

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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
Florida 2,585
Virginia 1,529
Tennessee 601
North Carolina 1,145
Georgia 982
West Virginia 164
Louisiana 882
South Carolina 388
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 4 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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