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2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
574 Degrees Awarded
$39,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master's in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Legal Research is the 89th most popular major in the country with 9,738 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, legal research graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,635 and had an average of $65,122 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 691 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,950 and $81,900 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 574 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal research. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal research programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the legal research program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree legal research students whose families make $0-$30k.

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harvard University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 178 diplomas to qualified masters’s legal research students in 2019-2020.

Harvard also made our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s legal research degrees to 240 students in 2019-2020.

Boston U also made our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #3 spot on the list. Northeastern University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeastern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern are $25,558, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s legal research degrees to 50 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree legal research students whose families make $0-$30k list, UCONN has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Southern Maine is a public institution located in Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Maine are $22,308.

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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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