2022 Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Legal Studies is the 225th most popular major in the country with 3,546 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 809 legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 65 legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in legal studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent legal studies programs, but they also cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree legal studies students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Studies in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

American Public University System

Charles Town, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$7,050 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Charles Town, West Virginia, and it awarded 40 masters’s legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

American Military University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at American Military University are $7,050, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Legal Studies at American Public University System

#2

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, Kentucky

$17,358 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Kentucky University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Northern Kentucky University is a fairly large public school situated in Highland Heights, Kentucky. It awarded 6 masters’s legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

NKU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northern Kentucky University are $17,358.

Read more about Legal Studies at NKU

#3

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$26,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Morgantown, West Virginia, this large public school awarded 12 degrees to qualified masters’s legal studies students in 2019-2020.

WVU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at West Virginia University are $26,154, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Legal Studies at West Virginia University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Studies (With Aid)

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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