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2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
457 Degrees Awarded
$26,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master's in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Virginia 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 Virginia, there were 2,239 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 457 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal professions. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal professions programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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 a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” 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 a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid.

#1

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Charlottesville, Virginia, and it awarded 50 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Virginia also made our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Virginia are $32,394, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Legal Professions at University of Virginia

#2

William & Mary

Williamsburg, Virginia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William & Mary. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid list. Williamsburg, Virginia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s legal professions degrees to 37 students in 2019-2020.

William & Mary not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at William & Mary are $34,800, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Mason University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid. Located in Fairfax, Virginia, this large public school awarded 36 degrees to qualified masters’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at GMU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at GMU are $37,410, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Legal Professions at George Mason University

#4

Regent University

Virginia Beach, Virginia
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Regent University landed the #4 spot on the list. Regent University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 183 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Regent not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Regent University are $17,052.

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#5

University of Richmond

University of Richmond, Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Richmond. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid. University of Richmond is a small school located in University of Richmond, Virginia that handed out 6 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

URichmond not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Richmond are $25,260, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia
#4 in overall quality

Liberty University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid ranking. This large school is located in Lynchburg, Virginia, and it awarded 97 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Liberty University, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Liberty University are $8,349.

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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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