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

6 Ranked Colleges
688 Degrees Awarded
$38,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master's in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 688 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Cambridge, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s legal professions degrees to 183 students in 2019-2020.

Harvard also took the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654.

Read full report on Legal Professions at Harvard University

#2

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 240 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666.

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#3

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Boston College is a fairly large school located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts that handed out 21 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston College are $31,930, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #4 spot on the list. Northeastern is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 17 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree legal professions students whose families make $30-$48k list, Northeastern has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern are $25,558, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Legal Professions at Northeastern University

#5

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #5 spot on the list. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s legal professions degrees to 50 students in 2019-2020.

UCONN not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Legal Professions at University of Connecticut

#6 in overall quality

University of Southern Maine landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. University of Southern Maine is located in Portland, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

University of Southern Maine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Maine are $22,308.

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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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