2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions (Income $0-$30k) in Arkansas

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 Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 61,993 people earned their degree in legal professions, making the major the 17th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, legal professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,199 and had an average of $58,026 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arkansas, there were 275 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,250 and $69,354 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 218 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,188 and $113,908 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in legal professions. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent legal professions 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 professions program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions (Income $0-$30k) in Arkansas

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$22,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this large public school awarded 112 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

UARK also made our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arkansas are $22,121, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Legal Professions at UARK

#2

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$14,884 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Little Rock landed the #2 spot on the list. UA Little Rock is located in Little Rock, Arkansas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 106 doctorate’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

UA Little Rock also made our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arkansas at Little Rock are $14,884, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Arkansas at Little Rock Legal Professions Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions (Income $0-$30k)

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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