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2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Florida

8 Ranked Colleges
2,089 Degrees Awarded
$25,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Florida

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Florida” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Florida, there were 3,854 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,792 and $52,131 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2,089 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,671 and $120,169 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Florida” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in legal professions. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal professions programs that also have a lower cost than 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. 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 Florida”.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Florida.

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Florida list. UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 308 doctorate’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Florida are $30,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Florida State is a large school located in Tallahassee, Florida that handed out 192 doctorate’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Florida State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Florida State are $26,707.

Read more about Legal Professions at Florida State University

#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida International University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Florida. FIU is a public institution located in Miami, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 129 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

FIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at FIU are $24,211, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Legal Professions at FIU

#8 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Florida. Tallahassee, Florida is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s legal professions degrees to 171 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Florida A&M University, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University are $24,669, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Legal Professions Report

#5

Stetson University

DeLand, Florida
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stetson University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Florida list. DeLand, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s legal professions degrees to 263 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our florida doctor’s degree legal professions students list, Stetson has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stetson University are $17,927, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Legal Professions at Stetson

#6

Barry University

Miami, Florida
#6 in overall quality

Barry University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Florida list. Miami, Florida is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s legal professions degrees to 179 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our florida doctor’s degree legal professions students list, Barry University has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Barry University are $17,910.

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#7

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, Florida
#5 in overall quality

Nova Southeastern University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Florida ranking, coming in at #7. NUS Florida is a large school located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida that handed out 186 doctorate’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

NUS Florida not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NUS Florida are $22,242, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#8

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida
#1 in overall quality

University of Miami landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Florida ranking. University of Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Coral Gables, Florida. It awarded 356 doctorate’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

U Miami also took the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Miami are $40,220, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Miami Legal Professions Report

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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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