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2023 Best Value Legal Research Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$35,802 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$71,104 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 262 degrees and certificates were awarded to legal research students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #60 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Legal Research Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Check out the legal research doctor's degree programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Our analysis found Southern Methodist University to be the best value school for legal research students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Texas. Located in the suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SMU are $35,802 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, SMU also is in the top 15% of our Best Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking.

Read full report on Legal Research at Southern Methodist University

Explore all the Best Value Legal Research Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 411
Oklahoma 237
New Mexico 3

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Law 36,216
Legal Professions (Other) 1,424
Legal Support Services 446
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 444

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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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