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2027 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools in Connecticut

[Non-Professional General Legal Studies](/majors/legal-studies-and-professions/general-legal-studies/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. A high-value program keeps cost low while graduates go on to earn well.

For its 2027 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools to find the best return on investment for non-professional general legal studies students.

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• Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools in Connecticut

2027 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools in Connecticut

If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the non-professional general legal studies degrees they offer, see the list below.

Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools

1

Post University
Waterbury, CT

$15,922 In-State Tuition & Fees

$41,571 Avg Student Debt

$38,696 Median Earnings (10yr)

Leading the list is Post University, our #1 best value for non-professional general legal studies in Connecticut. Post University is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Waterbury. The average in-state cost of tuition and fees is $15,922. Typical student debt for non-professional general legal studies graduates is $41,571. Early-career non-professional general legal studies graduates make about $39,838. Weighed against typical debt, the earnings make a compelling case for value.

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Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT

$55,480 In-State Tuition & Fees

$27,000 Avg Student Debt

$83,759 Median Earnings (10yr)

Students looking for strong value in non-professional general legal studies will find it at Quinnipiac University, which ranked #2. Located in the suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac University is a large private not-for-profit university. The average in-state cost of tuition and fees is $55,480. Typical student debt for non-professional general legal studies graduates is $27,000. Soon after graduation, non-professional general legal studies degree recipients from Quinnipiac University generally make around $39,162. Weighed against typical debt, the earnings make a compelling case for value. Roughly 72% of applicants are accepted.

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Notes and References

This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).

Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.

*Averages shown above reflect the top 2 ranked schools only.

• 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.