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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Research (Income $75-$110k) in Alabama

1 Ranked Colleges
4 Degrees Awarded
$30,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k

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 Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Alabama, there were 64 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $89,500 and $43,300 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,644 and $113,063 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent legal research programs, but they also cost less that 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.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama doctor’s degree legal research students whose families make $75-$110k.

#1

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Alabama landed the #1 spot on the list. UA is a large school located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that handed out 4 doctorate’s legal research degrees in 2019-2020.

UA also took the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Alabama are $30,940, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UA 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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