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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Research (Income $30-$48k) in Michigan

1 Ranked Colleges
5 Degrees Awarded
$49,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 9,738 people earned their degree in legal research, making the major the 89th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, legal research graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,635 and had an average of $65,122 in loans still to pay off.

Across Michigan, there were 77 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,500 and $130,683 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,785 and $113,051 respectively.

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

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the legal research program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k.

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s legal research students in 2019-2020.

U-M did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Legal Research Report

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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