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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions (Income $75-$110k) in New York

9 Ranked Colleges
1,391 Degrees Awarded
$32,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master's in New York For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 New York For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 New York, there were 6,543 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,315 and $59,804 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1,391 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,029 and $47,933 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal professions. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great legal professions programs and cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k.

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #1 spot on the list. Columbia University in the City of New York is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 306 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $51,194, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Syracuse University landed the #2 spot on the list. Syracuse is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Syracuse, New York. It awarded 31 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Syracuse, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Syracuse University are $41,714, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

New York University

New York, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k list. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s legal professions degrees to 527 students in 2019-2020.

NYU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at New York University are $36,892, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

Touro College

New York, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Touro College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k. Touro College is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 3 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Touro also made our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Touro College are $13,138.

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#5

Fordham University

Bronx, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fordham University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k. Fordham U is a fairly large school located in Bronx, New York that handed out 157 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Fordham U, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Fordham U are $23,846, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7 in overall quality

St John’s University - New York ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Queens, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 48 diplomas to qualified masters’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

STJ did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at St John’s University - New York are $30,666, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full STJ Legal Professions Report

#7

Pace University - New York

New York, New York
#8 in overall quality

Pace University - New York did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #7. Located in New York, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 33 degrees to qualified masters’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

Pace University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pace University are $33,356, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#8

Yeshiva University

New York, New York
#6 in overall quality

Yeshiva University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #8. Yeshiva University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 69 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new york master’s degree legal professions students whose families make $75-$110k list, Yeshiva has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Yeshiva University are $35,100, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#9

Hofstra University

Hempstead, New York
#4 in overall quality

Hofstra University landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Hofstra is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Hempstead, New York. It awarded 45 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Hofstra also took the #4 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hofstra are $27,172, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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