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2022 Best Value Other Legal Professions & Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
88 Degrees Awarded
$30,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Other Legal Professions & Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Other Legal Professions & Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Other Legal Professions & Studies is the 316th most popular major in the country with 2,565 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 88 other legal professions and studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Legal Professions & Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other legal professions and studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other legal professions and studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other legal professions and studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree other legal professions & studies students with aid.

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Legal Professions & Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Berkeley, California, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s other legal professions and studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Berkeley also took the #2 spot in our “Best Other Legal Professions & Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UC Berkeley are $29,347.

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#2

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Other Legal Professions & Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #2 spot on the list. UMN Twin Cities is a large public school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 1 doctorate’s other legal professions and studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Twin Cities, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Other Legal Professions & Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities are $28,845, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Other Legal Professions & Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Wayne State is a large school located in Detroit, Michigan that handed out 4 doctorate’s other legal professions and studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayne State also made our “Best Other Legal Professions & Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State are $37,215, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

New York University

New York, New York
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Other Legal Professions & Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the #4 spot on the list. NYU is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 8 doctorate’s other legal professions and studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NYU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Legal Professions & Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NYU are $36,892, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Other Legal Professions & Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s other legal professions and studies degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Northeastern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Other Legal Professions & Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern University are $25,558.

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#6

Fordham University

Bronx, New York
#3 in overall quality

Fordham University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Other Legal Professions & Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Bronx, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s other legal professions and studies students in 2019-2020.

Fordham U also took the #3 spot in our “Best Other Legal Professions & Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Fordham University are $23,846, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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