2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Studies in Massachusetts (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Massachusetts, there were 210 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 $60,240 and $41,137 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Studies in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 5 masters’s legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Harvard did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard University are $50,654, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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