2022 Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia

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In 2019-2020, 865 people earned their degree in American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence, making the major the 514th most popular in the United States.

Across District of Columbia, there were 14 American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence 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 American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence 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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Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence in District of Columbia

#1

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$35,524 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

The American University also took the #1 spot in our “Best American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The American University are $35,524, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence at The American University

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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%.

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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