2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence is the 514th most popular major in the country with 865 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 63 American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence 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 American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree american/u.s. law/legal studies/jurisprudence students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence in the Southwest Region

#1

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$47,478 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SMU are $47,478, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence at Southern Methodist University

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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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