2022 Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 34,750 people earned their degree in law, making the major the 21st most popular in the United States.

Across Maine, there were 77 law graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 77 law graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,229 and $177,250 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent law programs, but they also 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 law program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Law Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Law in Maine (With Aid)

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$22,308 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s law degrees to 77 students in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maine” 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 full report on Law at University of Southern Maine

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Law in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Law (With Aid)

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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