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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$19,536 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,077 Avg Salary

Out of the majors we analyze each year, legal professions was ranked 6th in Michigan. In fact, 1,373 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Michigan 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. 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.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School the best value school in Michigan for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Lansing, WMU-Cooley Law School is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WMU-Cooley Law School are $14,440 per year.

Read full report on Legal Professions at Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in Michigan. U-M is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

U-M graduate students pay an average of $25,230 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, U-M is ranked #1 for overall quality for legal professions in Michigan.

Read full report on Legal Professions at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Detroit Mercy helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in Michigan. Located in the large city of Detroit, Detroit Mercy is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Detroit Mercy are $21,276 a year.

Full Legal Professions at University of Detroit Mercy Report

#4

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wayne State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list. Located in the large city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Wayne State are $18,937 a year.

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State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 2,368
Indiana 884
Ohio 1,272
Wisconsin 505

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 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).
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