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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Assistant/Paralegal (Income $0-$30k)

1 Ranked Colleges
95 Degrees Awarded
$31,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Paralegal Schools for a Master's For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Paralegal Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 9,938 people earned their degree in legal assistant/paralegal, making the major the 123rd most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 95 legal assistant/paralegal graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent legal assistant/paralegal programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the legal assistant/paralegal program at the school. 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 Paralegal Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Paralegal Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree paralegal students whose families make $0-$30k.

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia
#1 in overall quality
$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Paralegal Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. George Washington University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 40 masters’s paralegal degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at GWU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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