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2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
688 Degrees Awarded
$38,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master's in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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 Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 688 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal professions. 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.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harvard University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 183 degrees to qualified masters’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Harvard, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654.

Full Harvard University Legal Professions Report

#2

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s legal professions degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

Boston College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston College are $31,930, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Legal Professions at Boston College

#3

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #3 spot on the list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s legal professions degrees to 240 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Boston U, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Legal Professions at Boston U

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized school located in Portland, Maine that handed out 3 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Southern Maine, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Maine are $22,308, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Southern Maine Legal Professions Report

#5

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Northeastern University is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 masters’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

Northeastern also took the #5 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern University are $25,558, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Legal Professions at Northeastern University

#6

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#3 in overall quality

University of Connecticut did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, this large public school handed out 50 degrees to qualified masters’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree legal professions students whose families make $75-$110k list, UCONN has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Connecticut 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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