2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Support Services (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Support Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 10,854 people earned their degree in legal support services, making the major the 105th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, legal support services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,484 and had an average of $23,785 in loans still to pay off.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 120 legal support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal support services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal support services programs that also have a lower cost than 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 support services 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 Legal Support Schools for a Master’s 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 Support Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Support Services (With Aid)

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$53,591 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #1 spot on the list. Georgetown University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s legal support degrees to qualified students.

Georgetown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Legal Support Services Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown University are $53,591, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Georgetown Legal Support Services Report

#2

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$52,941 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 50 degrees to qualified masters’s legal support students in 2019-2020.

GWU also made our “Best Legal Support Services Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at GWU are $31,824.

Read more about Legal Support Services at George Washington University

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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