2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions in District of Columbia

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 District of Columbia” 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 District of Columbia, there were 2,848 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,382 and $94,554 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 929 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia” ranking looked at 3 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the legal professions program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 District of Columbia”.

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Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions in District of Columbia

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 182 degrees to qualified masters’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

GWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at GWU are $31,824.

Read more about Legal Professions at GWU

#2

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

#3 in overall quality

$35,524 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #2 spot on the list. The American University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 74 masters’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at The American University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The American University are $35,524, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Legal Professions at The American University

#3

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$53,591 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #3 spot on the list. Georgetown is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 663 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgetown also took the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown University are $53,591.

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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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