2022 Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 10,854 people earned their degree in legal support services, making the major the 105th most popular in the United States. 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 65 legal support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the legal support services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The legal support school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region”.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Support Services in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$52,941 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. George Washington University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 50 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Legal Support Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at GWU are $31,824, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$53,591 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Georgetown is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 15 masters’s legal support degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgetown also made our “Best Legal Support Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown are $53,591.

Read more about Legal Support Services at Georgetown

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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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