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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Legal Professions in the New England Region (With Aid)

7 Ranked Colleges
190 Degrees Awarded
$19,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in legal professions. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal professions 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 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college 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 Getting Aid.

#1

Manchester Community College

Manchester, Connecticut
#2 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Manchester Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. MCC is a small school located in Manchester, Connecticut that handed out 17 associates’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

MCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend MCC is $7,142 for New England Region Associate Degree Legal Professions students with aid.

Read more about Legal Professions at Manchester Community College

#2

Community College of Rhode Island

Warwick, Rhode Island
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Community College of Rhode Island. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. CCRI is a public institution located in Warwick, Rhode Island. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 28 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CCRI, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for CCRI is $5,878 for New England Region Associate Degree Legal Professions students with aid.

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#3

Post University

Waterbury, Connecticut
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Post University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Waterbury, Connecticut, and it awarded 28 associates’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Post University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Post University is $15,653 for New England Region Associate Degree Legal Professions students with aid.

Full Post University Legal Professions Report

#4

Bay Path University

Longmeadow, Massachusetts
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bay Path University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified associates’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region associate degree legal professions students with aid list, Bay Path has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $22,211 for new england region associate degree legal professions students with aid per year to attend Bay Path University.

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#5

NHTI-Concord's Community College

Concord, New Hampshire
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend NHTI-Concord’s Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Concord, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s legal professions degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NHTI, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NHTI is $19,717 for New England Region Associate Degree Legal Professions students with aid.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Legal Professions at NHTI-Concord’s Community College

#6

Roger Williams University

Bristol, Rhode Island
#1 in overall quality

Roger Williams University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Roger Williams University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bristol, Rhode Island. It awarded 31 associates’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

RWU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend RWU is $36,456 for New England Region Associate Degree Legal Professions students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Legal Professions at RWU

#7

Suffolk University

Boston, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Suffolk University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Suffolk University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 1 associates’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region associate degree legal professions students with aid list, Suffolk has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $30,701 for new england region associate degree legal professions students with aid per year to attend Suffolk.

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%.

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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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