2022 Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Advanced Legal Research/Studies is the 252nd most popular major in the country with 2,966 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 338 general advanced legal research/studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 general advanced legal research/studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general advanced legal research/studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general advanced legal research/studies 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree advanced legal research/studies students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Advanced Legal Research/Studies in the Southeast Region

#1

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$39,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wake Forest University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Wake Forest University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Wake Forest University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wake Forest University are $39,216, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Wake Forest University General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Report

#2

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

#2 in overall quality

$61,176 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #2 spot on the list. Tulane is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Tulane also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane are $61,176, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Advanced Legal Research/Studies

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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