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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$12,561 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,077 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, legal professions students earned 355 degrees and certificates from a Kentucky school, making the subject the 8th in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Kentucky 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

Our 2023 rankings named University of Kentucky the best value school in Kentucky for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UK are $13,674 a year.

UK also took the #4 spot in our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky rankings.

Full Legal Professions at University of Kentucky Report

#2

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

Out of the 3 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Kentucky University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NKU are $10,284 per year.

Read full report on Legal Professions at Northern Kentucky University

#3

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

Out of the 3 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisville landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Louisville, UofL is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UofL are $13,725 a year.

UofL also took the #5 spot in our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky rankings.

Read full report on Legal Professions at University of Louisville

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

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 240
Florida 2,585
Virginia 1,529
Tennessee 601
North Carolina 1,145
Georgia 982
West Virginia 164
Louisiana 882
South Carolina 388
Arkansas 256
Alabama 363

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 3 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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