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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Law (Income $48-$75k) in Montana

1 Ranked Colleges
70 Degrees Awarded
$23,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Montana For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Montana For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Law is the 25th most popular major in the country with 34,750 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, law graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $58,876 and had an average of $112,084 in loans still to pay off.

Across Montana, there were 70 law graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,900 and $76,666 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 70 law graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,500 and $58,091 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Montana For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Montana For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for montana doctor’s degree law students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Law (Income $48-$75k) in Montana

#1

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Montana. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Montana For Those Making $48-$75k list. This medium-sized school is located in Missoula, Montana, and it awarded 70 doctorate’s law degrees in 2019-2020.

UM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Montana” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UM are $23,242.

Full The University of Montana Law Report

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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