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Best Value Colleges for Legal Support Services

Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.

40

Schools Ranked

$33,285

Avg. Earnings

4.4 yrs

Best Payback

1,707

Graduates

How we calculate value: Payback = (4 years of net price) / (major earnings - $35k baseline). A 2-year payback means you recoup your investment in 2 years through higher earnings vs. not attending college.

#	School	Net Price/yr	Major Earnings	Payback
1	CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn, NY · Public	$8,412	$42,682	4.4 yrs
2	Texas Woman's University Denton, TX · Public	$10,508	$42,682	5.5 yrs
3	Roosevelt University Chicago, IL · Private	$21,280	$43,240	10.3 yrs
4	Lewis University Romeoville, IL · Private	$17,336	$40,485	12.6 yrs
5	Roger Williams University Bristol, RI · Private	$33,796	$44,170	14.7 yrs
6	Winona State University Winona, MN · Public	$15,289	$39,009	15.3 yrs
7	University of Houston-Clear Lake Houston, TX · Public	$14,952	$38,337	17.9 yrs
8	SUNY College of Technology at Canton Canton, NY · Public	$16,849	$38,289	20.5 yrs
9	Stevenson University Owings Mills, MD · Private	$16,778	$37,568	26.1 yrs
10	Clayton State University Morrow, GA · Public	$13,406	$36,668	32.1 yrs
11	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH · Public	$20,867	$37,208	37.8 yrs
12	Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL · Private	$27,150	$37,568	42.3 yrs
13	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH · Public	$19,508	$36,668	46.8 yrs
14	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA · Private	$27,305	$36,608	67.9 yrs
15	Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI · Public	$15,277	$35,701	87.2 yrs
16	The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN · Public	$15,283	$35,594	102.9 yrs
17	University of Toledo Toledo, OH · Public	$17,555	$35,416	168.8 yrs
18	Minnesota State University Moorhead Moorhead, MN · Public	$15,809	$35,213	296.9 yrs
19	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL · Public	$9,426	$25,194	N/A
20	Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI · Public	$14,547	$34,847	N/A
21	Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers, FL · Public	$11,133	$30,409	N/A
22	Madonna University Livonia, MI · Private	$17,548	$27,439	N/A
23	Davenport University Grand Rapids, MI · Private	$21,874	$29,685	N/A
24	University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS · Public	$14,959	$28,055	N/A
25	University of West Florida Pensacola, FL · Public	$7,301	$26,121	N/A
26	Mississippi University for Women Columbus, MS · Public	$15,008	$20,140	N/A
27	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL · Public	$14,499	$28,055	N/A
28	Hilbert College Hamburg, NY · Private	$17,402	$33,459	N/A
29	Herzing University-Birmingham Birmingham, AL · Private	$26,347	$32,029	N/A
30	Herzing University-Atlanta Atlanta, GA · Private	$27,616	$32,029	N/A
31	Herzing University-Minneapolis St. Louis Park, MN · Private	$25,318	$32,029	N/A
32	Herzing University-Akron Akron, OH · Private	$21,684	$32,029	N/A
33	Herzing University-Madison Madison, WI · Private	$24,555	$32,029	N/A
34	Herzing University-Orlando Winter Park, FL · Private	$19,374	$32,029	N/A
35	Herzing University-Kenosha Kenosha, WI · Private	$19,349	$32,029	N/A
36	Herzing University-Brookfield Brookfield, WI · Private	$25,137	$32,029	N/A
37	Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, KY · Public	$14,287	$29,685	N/A
38	Husson University Bangor, ME · Private	$17,694	$29,685	N/A
39	Mississippi College Clinton, MS · Private	$17,767	$29,141	N/A
40	East Central University Ada, OK · Public	$12,954	$26,353	N/A

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Payback uses earnings by major from the College Scorecard's field-of-study file, last updated June 2026, against net price from the June 2026 release. Scorecard publishes the two separately, so they are different vintages.