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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region

7 Ranked Colleges
369 Degrees Awarded
$24,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

Legal Professions is the 17th most popular major in the country with 61,993 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, legal professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,199 and had an average of $58,026 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 4,440 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,390 and $62,802 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 369 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in legal professions. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal professions 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 professions program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, this large public school handed out 91 degrees to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst also made our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $14,474 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UMass Amherst.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Legal Professions at UMass Amherst

#2

Post University

Waterbury, Connecticut
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Post University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Post University is a fairly large school located in Waterbury, Connecticut that handed out 43 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Post University also took the #6 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Post University is $16,336 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#3

Bay Path University

Longmeadow, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bay Path University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Bay Path University is a small school located in Longmeadow, Massachusetts that handed out 19 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Bay Path did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $19,636 for new england region bachelor’s degree legal professions students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Bay Path.

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#4

Suffolk University

Boston, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Suffolk University landed the #4 spot on the list. Suffolk University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 70 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Suffolk also took the #3 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Suffolk University is $28,938 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#5

Roger Williams University

Bristol, Rhode Island
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Roger Williams University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Roger Williams University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bristol, Rhode Island. The school has a small population, and it awarded 48 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

RWU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Roger Williams University is $28,784 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Legal Professions at RWU

#6

Champlain College

Burlington, Vermont
#7 in overall quality

Champlain College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #6. This small school is located in Burlington, Vermont, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Champlain did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Champlain is $27,736 for new england region bachelor’s degree legal professions students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Champlain College Legal Professions Report

#7

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, Connecticut
#4 in overall quality

Quinnipiac University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Hamden, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 20 degrees to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree legal professions students whose families make $30-$48k list, Quinnipiac has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Quinnipiac University is $35,655 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Legal Professions at Quinnipiac University

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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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