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2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 688 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the legal professions program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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 a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree legal professions students with aid.

#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 Getting Aid. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 183 degrees to qualified masters’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

Harvard did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard University are $50,654.

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#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 #2 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Southern Maine is a public institution located in Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also made our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #6. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Maine are $22,308.

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#3

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid 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.

Boston U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666.

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#4

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#3 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #4 spot on the list. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s legal professions degrees to 50 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree legal professions students with aid 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 you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

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 #5 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and it awarded 21 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston College are $31,930, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

Northeastern University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Northeastern University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeastern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern University are $25,558, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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%.

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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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