2023 Best Value Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States 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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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 the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the Plains States 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.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. 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 Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Drake University to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Plains States Region . Located in the midsize city of Des Moines, Drake is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Drake are $11,988 a year.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of South Dakota is a great value for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the town of Vermillion, USD is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USD are $12,768 per year.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Nebraska - Lincoln helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNL are $19,541 a year.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Creighton University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in the Plains States Region . Creighton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Omaha.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Creighton are $19,096 per year.
Out of the 14 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the # 5 spot on the list. UND is a fairly large public school located in the city of Grand Forks.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UND are $18,968 per year.
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University of St Thomas Minnesota 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 #6 on the list. Located in the city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UST MN are $23,736 a year.
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With a ranking of #7, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a very large student population.
UMN Twin Cities graduate students pay an average of $29,262 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Kansas ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at KU are $25,007 per year.
Washburn University 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 medium-sized city of Topeka, Washburn University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Washburn University graduate students pay an average of $19,316 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Iowa landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree legal professions programs. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a very large student population.
Iowa graduate students pay an average of $31,012 in tuition and fees each year.
Best Legal Professions Colleges by State
Explore the best legal professions colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 210 |
| Missouri | 1,062 |
| Minnesota | 821 |
| Iowa | 272 |
| North Dakota | 60 |
| Nebraska | 233 |
| South Dakota | 62 |
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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 Related Majors
| 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 14 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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