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2023 Best Value Law Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$24,139 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,084 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Law Doctor's Degree School for You

Law is one of the most popular subjects to study in Tennessee. With 597 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 6th out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Law Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Tennessee 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 Tennessee

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

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Law

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Tennessee - Knoxville the best value school in Tennessee for law students working on their doctor’s degree. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public school located in the city of Knoxville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Knoxville are $13,380 per year.

UT Knoxville also took the #5 spot in our Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee rankings.

Full Law at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Report

#2

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Memphis. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list. Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UofM are $10,908 per year.

Full Law at University of Memphis Report

#3

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Nashville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Vanderbilt are $52,162 a year.

Vanderbilt also made our Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list, coming in at #1.

Full Law at Vanderbilt University Report

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Lincoln Memorial University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value law schools in Tennessee. Located in the distant town of Harrogate, LMU is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

LMU graduate students pay an average of $20,104 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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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
Kentucky 347
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 4 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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