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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions (Other) (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

7 Ranked Colleges
159 Degrees Awarded
$15,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,565 people earned their degree in legal professions (other), making the major the 196th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, legal professions (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $51,722 and had an average of $45,823 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 534 legal professions (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,489 and $36,954 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 159 legal professions (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal professions (other). Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent legal professions (other) 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 professions (other) program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

#1

Montclair State University

Montclair, New Jersey

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montclair State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Montclair, New Jersey, this large public school handed out 20 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other legal professions students in 2019-2020.

Montclair State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Legal Professions (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Montclair State University is $13,072 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Legal Professions students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#2

Peirce College

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Peirce College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Peirce College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 1 bachelors’s other legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Peirce not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Legal Professions (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Peirce College is $5,180 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other legal professions students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%.

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#3

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s other legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other legal professions students whose families make $0-$30k list, Temple has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Legal Professions (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Temple University is $18,315 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other legal professions students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#4

Berkeley College - Woodland Park

Woodland Park, New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Berkeley College - Woodland Park. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Berkeley College - Woodland Park is a small school located in Woodland Park, New Jersey that handed out 17 bachelors’s other legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Berkeley College - Woodland Park, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Legal Professions (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Berkeley College - Woodland Park is $14,600 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other legal professions students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5

Berkeley College - New York

New York, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Berkeley College - New York. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in New York, New York, this small private for-profit school awarded 45 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other legal professions students in 2019-2020.

Berkeley College - New York not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Legal Professions (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Berkeley College - New York is $15,787 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other legal professions students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#6

Central Penn College

Summerdale, Pennsylvania

Central Penn College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Central Penn College is located in Summerdale, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s other legal professions degrees to qualified students.

Central Penn also took the #5 spot in our “Best Legal Professions (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Central Penn is $20,497 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other legal professions students whose families make $0-$30k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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#4 in overall quality

St John’s University - New York ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. STJ is a large school located in Queens, New York that handed out 12 bachelors’s other legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

STJ did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Legal Professions (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for STJ is $23,927 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other legal professions students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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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