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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

1 Ranked Colleges
5 Degrees Awarded
$50,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master's in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,546 people earned their degree in legal studies, making the major the 225th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 290 legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the legal studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The legal studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s legal studies students in 2019-2020.

Harvard also took the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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