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2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
2,004 Degrees Awarded
$25,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Legal Professions is the 17th most popular major in the country with 61,993 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, legal professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,199 and had an average of $58,026 in loans still to pay off.

Across Texas, there were 3,413 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2,004 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal professions. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great legal professions 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 legal professions 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 legal professions 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 Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for texas doctor’s degree legal professions students whose families make $75-$110k.

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 326 doctorate’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also made our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UT Austin Legal Professions Report

#2

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 254 doctorate’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

UH also took the #5 spot in our “Best Legal Professions 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 UH are $18,689.

Read more about Legal Professions at University of Houston

#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s legal professions degrees to 127 students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also took the #5 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Texas Tech University Legal Professions Report

#4

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St. Mary’s University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k. St. Mary’s is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 233 doctorate’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

St. Mary’s did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. Mary’s University are $19,320, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full St. Mary’s University Legal Professions Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #5 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 131 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743.

Full Texas A&M College Station Legal Professions Report

#2 in overall quality

Southern Methodist University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 218 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas doctor’s degree legal professions students whose families make $75-$110k list, SMU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Methodist University are $47,478, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Legal Professions 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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