2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Kansas

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Kansas” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 61,993 people earned their degree in legal professions, making the major the 17th most popular in the United States. 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 Kansas, there were 313 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,886 and $41,290 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 207 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,017 and $87,459 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent legal professions programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the legal professions program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Kansas

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions in Kansas

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$25,007 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Kansas is located in Lawrence, Kansas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 109 doctorate’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

KU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kansas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kansas are $25,007.

Read full report on Legal Professions at KU

#2

Washburn University

Topeka, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$19,206 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Washburn University landed the #2 spot on the list. Washburn University is a medium-sized public school situated in Topeka, Kansas. It awarded 98 doctorate’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Washburn University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kansas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Washburn University are $19,206, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Legal Professions at Washburn University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions

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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