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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

7 Colleges
$31,016 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,077 Avg Salary

Legal Professions is one of the most popular subjects to study in Illinois. With 2,368 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 6th out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for legal professions 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. 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.

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for legal professions majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Northern Illinois University the best value school in Illinois for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. NIU is a large public school located in the small suburb of Dekalb.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NIU are $11,390 per year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Loyola University Chicago is a great value for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Loyola Chicago are $19,894 per year.

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#3

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great value for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northwestern are $56,567 per year.

Northwestern did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

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#4

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UChicago are $63,936 per year.

UChicago also made our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #2.

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#5

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at DePaul University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in Illinois. Located in the city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at DePaul are $18,341 per year.

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Southern Illinois University Carbondale came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. SIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Carbondale.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SIUC are $16,162 a year.

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Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree legal professions programs. Located in the large city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Illinois Tech are $30,822 per year.

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Explore all the Best Value Legal Professions Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 884
Ohio 1,272
Wisconsin 505
Michigan 1,373

Major Annual Graduates
Law 36,216
Legal Research 6,659
Legal Professions (Other) 1,424
Legal Support Services 446
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 444

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Administration & Social Service 53,252
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting 13,045
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies 10,452
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences 1,613

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 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).
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