2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions (Other) in New York

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 New York” 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 New York, there were 298 legal professions (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,067 and $47,816 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 169 legal professions (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,029 and $47,933 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in New York” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal professions (other). 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in New York

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions (Other) in New York

#1

Fordham University

Bronx, New York

#2 in overall quality

$23,846 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fordham University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in New York. Bronx, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s other legal professions degrees to 109 students in 2019-2020.

Fordham U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Legal Professions (Other) Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Fordham U are $23,846, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Legal Professions (Other) at Fordham U

#2

New York University

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$36,892 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$164,734 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in New York. NYU is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 20 masters’s other legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NYU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Professions (Other) Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at New York University are $36,892, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full New York University Legal Professions (Other) Report

#3

Yeshiva University

New York, New York

#3 in overall quality

$35,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$18,315 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Yeshiva University landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 40 masters’s other legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Yeshiva also made our “Best Legal Professions (Other) Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Yeshiva University are $35,100, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Legal Professions (Other) at Yeshiva 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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