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2023 Best Value Law Doctor's Degree Schools in Kentucky

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$12,561 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,084 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Law Doctor's Degree School for You

Law is the #16 most popular major in Kentucky with 347 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Law Doctor's Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Kentucky to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for law students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky

Check out the law doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Law

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

Our analysis found University of Kentucky to be the best value school for law students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Kentucky. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UK are $13,674 a year.

UK not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list.

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#2

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Kentucky University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the large suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NKU are $10,284 a year.

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#3

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Louisville is a great value for law students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Louisville, UofL is a public college with a very large student population.

UofL graduate students pay an average of $13,725 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UofL also took the #5 spot in our Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky rankings.

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Best Value Law Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Law Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 1,111
Florida 2,043
Georgia 879
North Carolina 1,005
Tennessee 597
Louisiana 719
Alabama 305
South Carolina 388
Mississippi 236
Arkansas 241
West Virginia 104

One of 4 majors within the area of study, law has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Legal Research 6,659
Legal Professions (Other) 1,424
Legal Support Services 446
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 444

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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