2024 Best Legal Research Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts
3
Colleges in Massachusetts
7
Doctor's Degrees
If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in
legal research, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #98 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Legal Research Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 7 doctor's degrees in legal research to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Legal Research School for Your Doctor's Degree
The legal research doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality legal research program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to legal research students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of legal research students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Student Debt - How easy is it for legal research to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized legal research related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for legal research students working on their doctor's degree.
More Ways to Rank Legal Research Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Legal Research Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Featured Legal Research Programs
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