2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions (Other) in the New England Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$47,300
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Other Legal Professions Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 2,013 people earned their degree in legal professions (other), making the major the 200th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, legal professions (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $51,368 and had an average of $27,963 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 205 legal professions (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $27,000 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 legal professions (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,293 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Other Legal Professions Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in legal professions (other). This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in legal professions (other).
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Well Attended Other Legal Professions Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree other legal professions students.
Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions (Other) in the New England Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Other Legal Professions Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 14 degrees to qualified doctorate’s other legal professions students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Legal Professions (Other) at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Other Legal Professions Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate list. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s other legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Legal Professions (Other) at Northeastern
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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