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2022 Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

8 Ranked Colleges
183 Degrees Awarded
$14,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Legal Support Services is the 105th most popular major in the country with 10,854 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, legal support services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,484 and had an average of $23,785 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,495 legal support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,888 and $20,467 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 183 legal support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal support services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent legal support services 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 legal support services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York City College of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. New York City College of Technology is a public institution located in Brooklyn, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree legal support students whose families make $0-$30k list, City Tech has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for New York City College of Technology is $2,456 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Support students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

Peirce College

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Peirce College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Peirce College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Peirce also took the #3 spot in our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $5,180 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Support students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Peirce.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%.

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#3

SUNY Canton

Canton, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY Canton. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. SUNY Canton is a public institution located in Canton, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree legal support students whose families make $0-$30k list, SUNY Canton has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SUNY Canton is $10,037 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Support students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#4

Stevenson University

Stevenson, Maryland

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Stevenson University landed the #4 spot on the list. Stevenson, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s legal support degrees to 25 students in 2019-2020.

Stevenson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $18,252 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree legal support students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Stevenson.

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#5

Wilmington University

New Castle, Delaware
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wilmington University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Wilmington University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Castle, Delaware. It awarded 13 bachelors’s legal support degrees in 2019-2020.

Wilmington University also made our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $14,599 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree legal support students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Wilmington University.

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#6

Mercy College

Dobbs Ferry, New York
#7 in overall quality

Mercy College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. Mercy College is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Dobbs Ferry, New York. It awarded 8 bachelors’s legal support degrees in 2019-2020.

Mercy also made our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $11,755 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree legal support students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Mercy College.

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#7

Wesley College

Dover, Delaware

Wesley College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. This small school is located in Dover, Delaware, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s legal support degrees in 2019-2020.

Wesley College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Wesley College is $22,656 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Support students whose families make $0-$30k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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#8

Widener University

Chester, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

Widener University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Chester, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s legal support students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree legal support students whose families make $0-$30k list, Widener has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Widener University is $31,431 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Support students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Widener Legal Support Services Report

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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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