2022 Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region
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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 the New England region, there were 2,840 law graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,738 and $102,876 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2,840 law graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking looked at 9 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region.
Top 9 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Law in the New England Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Quinnipiac University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region. Quinnipiac is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Hamden, Connecticut. It awarded 128 doctorate’s law degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Quinnipiac, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Quinnipiac University are $20,090.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 200 degrees to qualified doctorate’s law students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northeastern, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern are $25,558.
Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston College landed the #3 spot on the list. Boston College is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. It awarded 247 doctorate’s law degrees in 2019-2020.
Boston College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston College are $31,930, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Portland, Maine, and it awarded 77 doctorate’s law degrees in 2019-2020.
University of Southern Maine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Maine are $22,308, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Suffolk University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region list. Suffolk is a medium-sized school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 322 doctorate’s law degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Suffolk, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Suffolk University are $40,238, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
University of Connecticut came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region ranking. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s law degrees to 139 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our new england region doctor’s degree law students list, UCONN has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCONN are $41,576, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Roger Williams University School of Law came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region ranking. Roger Williams University School of Law is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bristol, Rhode Island. The school has a small population, and it awarded 143 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our new england region doctor’s degree law students list, Roger Williams University School of Law has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Roger Williams University School of Law are $19,036, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Harvard University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region ranking. Cambridge, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s law degrees to 570 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Harvard, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Boston University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #9. Boston University is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 227 doctorate’s law degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our new england region doctor’s degree law students list, Boston U has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666, 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%.
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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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