2022 Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa

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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 Iowa, there were 228 law graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,400 and $85,207 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 228 law graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,469 and $117,729 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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 Iowa

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

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

#1

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$11,932 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #1 spot on the list. Des Moines, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s law degrees to 95 students in 2019-2020.

Drake also took the #1 spot in our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drake are $11,932, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa list. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s law degrees to 133 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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