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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid” 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 Wisconsin, there were 322 law graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,550 and $107,827 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 322 law graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in law. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality law programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Law in Wisconsin (With Aid)

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid list. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s law degrees to 147 students in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Wisconsin - Madison Law Report

#2

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$21,690 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Marquette University landed the #2 spot on the list. Marquette University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It awarded 175 doctorate’s law degrees in 2019-2020.

Marquette also made our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Marquette University are $21,690, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Marquette University Law Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Law in the Great Lakes 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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