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2022 Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
40 Degrees Awarded
$19,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master's in California For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 3,546 people earned their degree in legal studies, making the major the 225th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 529 legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 40 legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal studies 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 studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree legal studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

#1

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, California
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola Marymount University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 10 masters’s legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Loyola Marymount also made our “Best Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loyola Marymount are $19,756, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Legal Studies at Loyola Marymount University

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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