2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Law in Louisiana

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Louisiana” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Law is the 21st most popular major in the country with 34,750 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Louisiana, there were 703 law graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 703 law graduates with average earnings and debt of $79,594 and $127,014 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Louisiana” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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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Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Louisiana

The colleges and universities below are the best for louisiana doctor’s degree law students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Law in Louisiana

#1

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

#2 in overall quality

$29,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Louisiana list. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a large school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 166 doctorate’s law degrees in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University are $29,970, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Law at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

#2

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$61,176 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tulane University of Louisiana. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Louisiana. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 213 degrees to qualified doctorate’s law students in 2019-2020.

Tulane also took the #1 spot in our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane University of Louisiana are $61,176, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Law at Tulane University of Louisiana

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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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