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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Research (Income $48-$75k) in Texas

1 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$47,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Doctorate in Texas 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 Legal Research Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Legal Research is the 89th most popular major in the country with 9,738 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Texas, there were 228 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,000 and $51,027 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal research 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 legal research program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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 Texas For Those Making $48-$75k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k. This fairly large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s legal research degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SMU are $47,478, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Legal Research at SMU

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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