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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions (Income Over $110k) in New Jersey

1 Ranked Colleges
526 Degrees Awarded
$25,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making Over $110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making Over $110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 New Jersey, there were 926 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,517 and $45,132 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 526 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,871 and $95,555 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great legal professions programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making Over $110k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey doctor’s degree legal professions students whose families make more than $110k.

#1

Seton Hall University

South Orange, New Jersey
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Seton Hall University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making Over $110k. Located in South Orange, New Jersey, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 164 degrees to qualified doctorate’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

Seton Hall also made our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Seton Hall are $25,172.

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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%.

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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