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2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$47,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Legal Research is the 89th most popular major in the country with 9,738 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, legal research graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,635 and had an average of $65,122 in loans still to pay off.

Across Texas, there were 228 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,000 and $51,027 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal research 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 legal research program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

The legal research school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k.

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Methodist University is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s legal research degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Research 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 Southern Methodist University are $47,478.

Read full report on Legal Research at Southern Methodist University

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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