by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Legal Studies Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 3,818 people earned their degree in legal studies, making the major the 195th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 312 legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Legal Studies Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in legal studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular legal studies programs in the United States.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Legal Studies Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree legal studies students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Legal Studies Major in the New England Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Suffolk University landed the #1 spot on the list. Suffolk is a medium-sized school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 17 masters’s legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Legal Studies Major in the New England Region for a Master’s list. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s legal studies students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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