2022 Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence is the 514th most popular major in the country with 865 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 114 American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree american/u.s. law/legal studies/jurisprudence students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$30,940 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Alabama landed the #1 spot on the list. UA is a large public school situated in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It awarded 4 doctorate’s American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence degrees in 2019-2020.

UA also made our “Best American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UA are $30,940.

Full The University of Alabama American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence (Income $0-$30k)

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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