2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 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 $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in non-professional general legal studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent non-professional general legal studies programs, but they also 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Income $48-$75k) 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 $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Pennsylvania 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UPenn are $41,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UPenn Non-Professional General Legal Studies Report

#2

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

$50,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Catholic University of America. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k. CUA is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CUA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Catholic University of America are $50,340.

Read more about Non-Professional General Legal Studies at CUA

#3

Pace University - New York

New York, New York

#2 in overall quality

$33,356 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 $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pace University - New York landed the #3 spot on the list. Pace University is located in New York, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 masters’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to qualified students.

Pace University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pace University are $33,356, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Non-Professional General Legal Studies at Pace University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Income $48-$75k)

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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