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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions (Other) in California (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
8 Degrees Awarded
$29,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 2,565 people earned their degree in legal professions (other), making the major the 196th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, legal professions (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $51,722 and had an average of $45,823 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 727 legal professions (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $88,600 and $77,179 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 legal professions (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great legal professions (other) 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 legal professions (other) program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Getting Aid.

#1 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 Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Getting Aid list. Berkeley, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s other legal professions degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

UC Berkeley did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Legal Professions (Other) Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UC Berkeley are $29,347.

Read more about Legal Professions (Other) at University of California - Berkeley

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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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