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2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $48-$75k

3 Ranked Colleges
121 Degrees Awarded
$32,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master's in Georgia For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Professions Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 61,993 people earned their degree in legal professions, making the major the 17th most popular in the United States. 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 Georgia, there were 1,498 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,500 and $58,784 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 121 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,988 and $43,995 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal professions. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent legal professions 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 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.

The legal professions school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia master’s degree legal professions students whose families make $48-$75k.

#1

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #1 spot on the list. Emory is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 79 masters’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

Emory not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Emory are $44,676, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $48-$75k list. UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 27 masters’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our georgia master’s degree legal professions students whose families make $48-$75k list, UGA has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Georgia are $27,476.

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#3

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified masters’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

Georgia State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State University are $24,790.

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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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