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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions in Rhode Island

1 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$19,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master's in Rhode Island

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 61,993 people earned their degree in legal professions, making the major the 17th most popular in the United States. 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 Rhode Island, there were 257 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,675 and $91,155 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great legal professions programs and 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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 Rhode Island” list to help you make the college decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island.

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roger Williams University School of Law. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island list. This small school is located in Bristol, Rhode Island, and it awarded 3 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Roger Williams University School of Law did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Roger Williams University School of Law are $19,036, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Legal Professions at Roger Williams University School of Law

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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