2023 Best Value Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Legal Professions Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 45,189 legal professions students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #7 most popular in the country.
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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 the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the New England Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for legal professions students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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.
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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for legal professions majors pursuing a doctor's degree.
Top 10 Best Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Roger Williams University School of Law to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the New England Region . Roger Williams University School of Law is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bristol.
Roger Williams University School of Law graduate students pay an average of $12,803 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 11 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.
Harvard graduate students pay an average of $52,170 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Harvard is ranked #2 for overall quality for legal professions in the New England Region .
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Quinnipiac University is a great value for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Quinnipiac are $20,340 per year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the small city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Boston College are $32,722 a year.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Northeastern University is a great value for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Northeastern graduate students pay an average of $26,095 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #6, Boston University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
Boston U graduate students pay an average of $59,418 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Boston U also did well on our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Suffolk University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree legal professions programs. Suffolk is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Suffolk are $39,813 per year.
Vermont Law School did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. VLS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote area of South Royalton.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at VLS are $43,345 per year.
University of Southern Maine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Southern Maine are $22,968 a year.
With a ranking of #10, University of Connecticut did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCONN are $42,237 per year.
Best Legal Professions Colleges by State
Explore the best legal professions colleges for a specific state in the New England region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 2,291 |
| Rhode Island | 153 |
| Connecticut | 552 |
| New Hampshire | 103 |
| Maine | 94 |
| Vermont | 344 |
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Majors Related to Legal Professions
Legal Professions Majors to Study
| 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 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Legal Professions
| 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 11 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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