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

1 Ranked Colleges
316 Degrees Awarded
$30,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 Alabama, there were 445 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,522 and $50,513 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 316 legal professions 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 professions programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the legal professions program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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 Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 professions students whose families make $30-$48k.

#1

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Alabama. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k. UA is a public institution located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 130 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UA, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UA are $30,940, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full The University of Alabama Legal Professions 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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