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2022 Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k

1 Ranked Colleges
526 Degrees Awarded
$25,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 34,750 people earned their degree in law, making the major the 25th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, law graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $58,876 and had an average of $112,084 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Jersey, there were 526 law graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,100 and $104,025 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 526 law graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,871 and $95,555 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality law programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the law program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Law (Income $48-$75k) in New Jersey

#1

Seton Hall University

South Orange, New Jersey
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seton Hall University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in South Orange, New Jersey, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 164 degrees to qualified doctorate’s law students in 2019-2020.

Seton Hall did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Seton Hall University are $25,172, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Law at Seton Hall University

Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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