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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions in District of Columbia (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
1,814 Degrees Awarded
$41,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 District of Columbia, there were 2,848 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,382 and $94,554 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,814 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,324 and $136,457 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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 program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia doctor’s degree legal professions students with aid.

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid list. Georgetown University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 696 doctorate’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

Georgetown also made our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown University are $53,591.

Full Georgetown Legal Professions Report

#2

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 124 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our district of columbia doctor’s degree legal professions students with aid list, Howard has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Howard University are $34,224.

Read full report on Legal Professions at Howard

#3

American University

Washington, District of Columbia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid list. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 390 doctorate’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

The American University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The American University are $35,524.

Read full report on Legal Professions at The American University

#4

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid. GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 429 doctorate’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

GWU also made our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at GWU are $31,824.

Full George Washington University Legal Professions Report

#5

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid list. This medium-sized school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 97 doctorate’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our district of columbia doctor’s degree legal professions students with aid list, CUA has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CUA are $50,340, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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