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2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
263 Degrees Awarded
$26,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master's in Ohio For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Ohio For Those Getting Aid” 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 Ohio, there were 1,768 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,911 and $44,555 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 263 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,649 and $41,690 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Getting Aid” 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.

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 colleges and universities below are the best for ohio master’s degree legal professions students with aid.

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Getting Aid. Ohio State University - Main Campus is located in Columbus, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 24 masters’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

Ohio State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State are $37,141.

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#2

University of Toledo

Toledo, Ohio
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Toledo. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Getting Aid. University of Toledo is a fairly large school located in Toledo, Ohio that handed out 10 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Toledo, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Toledo are $27,067, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Toledo Legal Professions Report

#3

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, Ohio
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Cleveland State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Cleveland, Ohio, and it awarded 8 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cleveland State University, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cleveland State University are $17,622.

Read more about Legal Professions at Cleveland State University

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Akron Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Akron, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

University of Akron Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Akron Main Campus are $15,217, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Capital University

Columbus, Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Capital University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Getting Aid. Located in Columbus, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Capital, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capital are $13,000, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Capital University Legal Professions Report

#3 in overall quality

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, this large public school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

UC also made our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UC are $26,644.

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#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Case Western Reserve University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Getting Aid list. Case Western Reserve University is located in Cleveland, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 142 masters’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

Case Western also made our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Case Western Reserve University are $47,958.

Full Case Western Legal Professions Report

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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