2022 Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Other Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Legal Professions (Other) is the 196th most popular major in the country with 2,565 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, legal professions (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $51,722 and had an average of $45,823 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 27 legal professions (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $24,288 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 legal professions (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal professions (other) 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 professions (other) program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions (Other) in District of Columbia

#1

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$35,524 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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

The American University also made our “Best Legal Professions (Other) Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at American University are $35,524, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Legal Professions (Other) at 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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