2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k

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In 2019-2020, 4,086 people earned their degree in non-professional general legal studies, making the major the 154th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, non-professional general legal studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $35,672 and had an average of $34,776 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 50 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,300 and $28,250 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

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

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the non-professional general legal studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia master’s degree non-professional general legal studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Income $30-$48k) in District of Columbia

#1

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$50,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #1 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

CUA also took the #1 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Catholic University of America are $50,340.

Full CUA Non-Professional General Legal Studies Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Income $30-$48k)

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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