2023 Best American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$42,200
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence is the 508th most popular major in the country with 749 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 122 American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
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, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence for a Doctorate”.
Top 1 Best American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Case Western Reserve University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence for a Doctorate list. Case Western Reserve University is a fairly large school located in Cleveland, Ohio that handed out 20 doctorate’s American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence degrees in 2020-2021.
Case Western did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Of the 11,465 students enrolled at Case Western Reserve University, 109 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 69 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,799. In addition to receiving other benefits, 35 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.