2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 4,086 people earned their degree in non-professional general legal studies, making the major the 154th most popular in the United States. 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 the Middle Atlantic region, there were 782 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,956 and $29,878 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 143 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in non-professional general legal studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality non-professional general 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 non-professional general legal studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$41,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the #1 spot on the list. UPenn is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 126 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UPenn also took the #1 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Pennsylvania are $41,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

$50,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

CUA also made our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Catholic University of America are $50,340, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Pace University - New York

New York, New York

#2 in overall quality

$33,356 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pace University - New York. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Pace University is a fairly large school located in New York, New York that handed out 16 masters’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Pace University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pace University are $33,356, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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

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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