2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Studies in California

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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 year’s “Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great legal studies programs and cost less that 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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Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree legal studies students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Studies in California

#1

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$19,756 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in California 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Loyola Marymount, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loyola Marymount University are $19,756, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Legal Studies at Loyola Marymount

#2

The Santa Barbara and Ventura Colleges of Law at Ventura

Ventura, California

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, The Santa Barbara and Ventura Colleges of Law at Ventura landed the #2 spot on the list. The Santa Barbara and Ventura Colleges of Law at Ventura is located in Ventura, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 26 masters’s legal studies degrees to qualified students.

Ventura College of Law also took the #2 spot in our “Best Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking.

Full Ventura College of Law Legal Studies Report

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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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