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2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
190 Degrees Awarded
$17,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Legal Professions is the 17th most popular major in the country with 61,993 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, legal professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,199 and had an average of $58,026 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 4,440 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,390 and $62,802 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 190 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal professions. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great legal professions programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the legal professions program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

#1

Manchester Community College

Manchester, Connecticut
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Manchester Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. MCC is a public institution located in Manchester, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

MCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $6,570 for New England Region Associate Degree Legal Professions students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend MCC.

Full Manchester Community College Legal Professions Report

#2

Community College of Rhode Island

Warwick, Rhode Island
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Community College of Rhode Island. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Warwick, Rhode Island, and it awarded 28 associates’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

CCRI also made our “Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend CCRI is $5,485 for New England Region Associate Degree Legal Professions students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Community College of Rhode Island Legal Professions Report

#3

Bay Path University

Longmeadow, Massachusetts
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bay Path University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Bay Path University is located in Longmeadow, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 associates’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

Bay Path also took the #6 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bay Path is $19,522 for new england region associate degree legal professions students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Legal Professions at Bay Path University

#4

Post University

Waterbury, Connecticut
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Post University landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Waterbury, Connecticut, and it awarded 28 associates’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Post University also made our “Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Post University is $18,698 for New England Region Associate Degree Legal Professions students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Legal Professions at Post University

#5

NHTI-Concord's Community College

Concord, New Hampshire
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, NHTI-Concord’s Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. NHTI is a small school located in Concord, New Hampshire that handed out 3 associates’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

NHTI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend NHTI is $18,044 for New England Region Associate Degree Legal Professions students whose families make $0-$30k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Legal Professions at NHTI-Concord’s Community College

#6

Roger Williams University

Bristol, Rhode Island
#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Roger Williams University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Bristol, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s legal professions degrees to 31 students in 2019-2020.

RWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for RWU is $27,136 for new england region associate degree legal professions students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Legal Professions at Roger Williams University

#7

Suffolk University

Boston, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

Suffolk University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Suffolk is a medium-sized school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 1 associates’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Suffolk, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Suffolk is $27,748 for new england region associate degree legal professions students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Suffolk Legal Professions 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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