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2022 Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making Over $110k

7 Ranked Colleges
258 Degrees Awarded
$23,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Master's in Texas For Those Making Over $110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making Over $110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Texas, there were 3,413 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 258 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 7 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making Over $110k.

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making Over $110k list. The University of Texas at Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 35 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Austin, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #2 spot on the list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s legal professions degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.

UH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH are $18,689, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making Over $110k. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 58 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743.

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#4

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St. Mary’s University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making Over $110k list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s legal professions degrees to 45 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at St. Mary’s, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. Mary’s University are $19,320, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full St. Mary’s University Legal Professions Report

#5

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making Over $110k list. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 33 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas State, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State University are $17,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Legal Professions at Texas State University

#6

Texas Southern University

Houston, Texas

Texas Southern University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making Over $110k list. TSU is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

TSU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Southern University are $13,221, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Texas Southern University Legal Professions Report

#1 in overall quality

Southern Methodist University did quite well in the 2022 Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making Over $110k ranking, coming in at #7. Southern Methodist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 33 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU also made our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Methodist University are $47,478.

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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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