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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$13,424 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,077 Avg Salary

Legal Professions is one of the most popular subjects to study in Nebraska. With 233 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 5th out of all the majors we track 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Nebraska ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Nebraska 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.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Nebraska - Lincoln the best value school in Nebraska for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNL are $7,751 per year.

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

Read full report on Legal Professions at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

#2

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Creighton University is a great value for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Creighton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Omaha.

Creighton graduate students pay an average of $19,096 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Creighton also made our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska list, coming in at #3.

Full Legal Professions at Creighton University Report

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State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 210
Missouri 1,062
Minnesota 821
Iowa 272
North Dakota 60
South Dakota 62

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 2 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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