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2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
50 Degrees Awarded
$38,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

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 the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 the Southeast region, there were 1,290 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,700 and $66,945 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 50 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal research. 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree legal research students with aid.

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#2 in overall quality
$30,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. UF is a public institution located in Gainesville, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Florida are $30,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia
#1 in overall quality
$32,394 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Charlottesville, Virginia, this large public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s legal research students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree legal research students with aid list, University of Virginia has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Virginia - Main Campus are $32,394.

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#3

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama
#4 in overall quality
$30,940 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Alabama. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. UA is a large school located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that handed out 4 doctorate’s legal research degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree legal research students with aid list, UA has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UA are $30,940.

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#4

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality
$39,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wake Forest University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s legal research students in 2019-2020.

Wake Forest University also made our “Best Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wake Forest University are $39,216, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#3 in overall quality
$61,176 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #5 spot on the list. Tulane University of Louisiana is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tulane, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane University of Louisiana are $61,176.

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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).
  • 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%.

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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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