2023 Best Value Colleges for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence in the New England Region

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American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence is the 508th most popular major in the country with 749 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the New England region, there were 75 American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence. 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools in the New England Region.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence in the New England Region

1

University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$22,974 Average Net Price

$51,207 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools in the New England Region. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.

UCONN also took the #1 spot in our “Best American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UCONN is $22,974 for new england region american/u.s. law/legal studies/jurisprudence students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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2

Vermont Law School
South Royalton, Vermont

#2 in overall quality

$45,512 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vermont Law School. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools in the New England Region. South Royalton, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence degrees to 33 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at VLS, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools in the New England Region” ranking.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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.