2022 Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making $75-$110k
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Law is the 21st most popular major in the country with 34,750 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across District of Columbia, there were 1,801 law graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,801 law graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,324 and $136,457 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in law. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent law programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the law 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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Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making $75-$110k
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making $75-$110k.
Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Law (Income $75-$110k) in District of Columbia
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 693 degrees to qualified doctorate’s law students in 2019-2020.
Georgetown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown are $53,591.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 427 doctorate’s law degrees in 2019-2020.
GWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making $75-$110k list. American University is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 382 doctorate’s law degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at The American University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The American University are $35,524, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making $75-$110k list. CUA is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 97 doctorate’s law degrees to qualified students.
CUA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CUA are $50,340, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #5 spot on the list. Howard is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 124 doctorate’s law degrees in 2019-2020.
Howard also took the #5 spot in our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Howard are $34,224.
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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%.
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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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