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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Income $0-$30k) in California

2 Ranked Colleges
154 Degrees Awarded
$16,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master's in California For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Non-Professional General Legal Studies is the 154th most popular major in the country with 4,086 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, non-professional general legal studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $35,672 and had an average of $34,776 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 661 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,267 and $24,944 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 154 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in non-professional general legal studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great non-professional general legal studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the non-professional general legal studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 “Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k.

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Humphreys University - Stockton and Modesto Campuses. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k. Stockton, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Humphreys University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Humphreys University are $13,200, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, California
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola Marymount University landed the #2 spot on the list. Loyola Marymount is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 masters’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to qualified students.

Loyola Marymount also made our “Best Non-Professional General 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 you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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%.

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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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