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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions in the New England Region

7 Ranked Colleges
688 Degrees Awarded
$35,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master's in the New England Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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” 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” 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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.

#1

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. Boston College is a fairly large school located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts that handed out 21 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Boston College, the school also landed 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 you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Boston College Legal Professions Report

#2

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #2 spot on the list. Northeastern University is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 17 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

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 are $25,558, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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 #3 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s legal professions degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Maine are $22,308, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Legal Professions at University of Southern Maine

#4

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Connecticut is a large school located in Storrs, Connecticut that handed out 50 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN also took the #3 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 University of Connecticut are $41,576.

Full University of Connecticut Legal Professions Report

#5

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 #5 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. Harvard University is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 183 masters’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

Harvard not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #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.

Full Harvard Legal Professions Report

#7 in overall quality

Roger Williams University School of Law came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking. Roger Williams University School of Law is a small school located in Bristol, Rhode Island that handed out 3 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree legal professions students list, Roger Williams University School of Law has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Roger Williams University School of Law are $19,036, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Legal Professions at Roger Williams University School of Law

#7

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Boston University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 240 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree legal professions students list, Boston U has also earned the #2 rank 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 Boston U are $57,666.

Full Boston U 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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