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2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions in Rhode Island

1 Ranked Colleges
150 Degrees Awarded
$48,000 Avg Salary
Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in Rhode Island

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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in Rhode Island” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Legal Professions is the 16th most popular major in the country with 61,055 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, legal professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,649 and had an average of $28,699 in loans still to pay off.

Across Rhode Island, there were 270 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,431 and $20,900 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 150 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,738 and $0 respectively.

The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their legal professions program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for rhode island doctor’s degree legal professions students.

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Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Roger Williams University School of Law landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Bristol, Rhode Island, and it awarded 150 doctorate’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Legal Professions at Roger Williams University School of Law

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