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2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k

7 Ranked Colleges
370 Degrees Awarded
$29,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master's in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Pennsylvania, there were 2,127 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,037 and $50,927 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 370 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k” 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.

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. 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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k.

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 154 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

UPenn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UPenn are $41,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s legal professions degrees to 44 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Temple, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Temple University are $24,236.

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#3

California University of Pennsylvania

California, Pennsylvania
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, California University of Pennsylvania landed the #3 spot on the list. California, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s legal professions degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.

Cal U also made our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #7. Average graduate tuition and fees at California University of Pennsylvania are $18,508, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k list. Pitt is a large public school situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It awarded 20 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pitt, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pitt are $40,836, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Widener University

Chester, Pennsylvania

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Widener University landed the #5 spot on the list. Widener University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Chester, Pennsylvania. It awarded 16 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Widener not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Widener are $24,810, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6

Villanova University

Villanova, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

Villanova University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Villanova, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 41 diplomas to qualified masters’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

Villanova not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Villanova are $20,719, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Villanova Legal Professions Report

#7

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

Drexel University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k list. Drexel is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 56 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Drexel also took the #5 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drexel are $37,074, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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