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

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 Wisconsin” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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” 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the law program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin

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

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

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the 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 also made our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Law at University of Wisconsin - Madison

#2

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$21,690 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marquette University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin list. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 175 degrees to qualified doctorate’s law students in 2019-2020.

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

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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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