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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions (Income $0-$30k) in Alabama

1 Ranked Colleges
60 Degrees Awarded
$30,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master's in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 61,993 people earned their degree in legal professions, making the major the 17th most popular in the United States. 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 Alabama, there were 445 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,522 and $50,513 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 60 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent legal professions 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 professions program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k.

#1

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Alabama. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, this large public school awarded 43 degrees to qualified masters’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

UA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Alabama are $30,940.

Full The University of Alabama Legal Professions Report

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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