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2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

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

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 an Associate in the New England Region” 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 associate degree level specifically, there were 190 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in legal professions. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great legal professions programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree legal professions students.

#1

Manchester Community College

Manchester, Connecticut
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Manchester Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region list. Located in Manchester, Connecticut, this small public school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified associates’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

MCC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $7,142 for New England Region Associate Degree Legal Professions students per year to attend MCC.

Read full report on 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. Community College of Rhode Island is a fairly large school located in Warwick, Rhode Island that handed out 28 associates’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

CCRI also made our “Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Community College of Rhode Island is $5,878 for new england region associate degree legal professions students.

Read more about Legal Professions at CCRI

#3

Post University

Waterbury, Connecticut
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Post University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region list. Post University is a fairly large private for-profit school situated in Waterbury, Connecticut. It awarded 28 associates’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Post University also took the #3 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $15,653 for New England Region Associate Degree Legal Professions students per year to attend Post University.

Full Post University Legal Professions Report

#4

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 #4 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region list. NHTI-Concord’s Community College is a public institution located in Concord, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NHTI also took 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 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 full report on Legal Professions at NHTI-Concord’s Community College

#5

Roger Williams University

Bristol, Rhode Island
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Roger Williams University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region. This small school is located in Bristol, Rhode Island, and it awarded 31 associates’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

RWU also made our “Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend RWU is $36,456 for new england region associate degree legal professions students.

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%.

Full RWU Legal Professions Report

#6

Bay Path University

Longmeadow, Massachusetts
#6 in overall quality

Bay Path University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for an Associate in the New England Region ranking. Bay Path is located in Longmeadow, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 associates’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

Bay Path also made our “Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for Bay Path University is $22,211 for new england region associate degree legal professions students.

Read more about Legal Professions at Bay Path University

#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 list. Suffolk is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 associates’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

Suffolk did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Suffolk is $30,701 for New England Region Associate Degree Legal Professions students.

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%.

Read more about Legal Professions at Suffolk

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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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