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

7 Ranked Colleges
2,001 Degrees Awarded
$23,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Texas

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Texas” 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 Texas, there were 2,001 law graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,644 and $100,821 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2,001 law graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Texas” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in law. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great law programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Texas.

Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Law in Texas

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #1 spot on the list. UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 326 doctorate’s law degrees to qualified students.

UT Austin also made our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Texas list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 131 doctorate’s law degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Houston is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 254 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas doctor’s degree law students list, UH has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH are $18,689, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #4 spot on the list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s law degrees to 127 students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech University are $17,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, Texas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, St. Mary’s University landed the #5 spot on the list. St. Mary’s University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 233 doctorate’s law degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Mary’s not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. Mary’s University are $19,320, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

Texas Southern University

Houston, Texas
#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Texas Southern University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Texas list. TSU is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 210 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

TSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Southern University are $13,221, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2 in overall quality

Southern Methodist University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Texas list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s law degrees to 215 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SMU are $47,478.

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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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