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2022 Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k

8 Ranked Colleges
2,880 Degrees Awarded
$36,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region 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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Legal Professions is the 17th most popular major in the country with 61,993 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 the New England region, there were 4,440 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,390 and $62,802 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2,880 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in legal professions. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal professions 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 professions program at the school. 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 Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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

#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s legal professions degrees to 77 students in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Maine are $22,308, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 580 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

Harvard also took the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, this large public school handed out 141 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

UCONN also made our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

Suffolk University

Boston, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Suffolk University landed the #4 spot on the list. Suffolk University is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 325 doctorate’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Suffolk, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Suffolk are $40,238, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Northeastern is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 204 doctorate’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

Northeastern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern University are $25,558, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Boston University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s legal professions degrees to 227 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Boston U, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boston University are $57,666.

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#7

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

Boston College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Boston College is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 247 doctorate’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

Boston College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston College are $31,930, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#8

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, Connecticut
#7 in overall quality

Quinnipiac University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Vallue Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Quinnipiac University is located in Hamden, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 128 doctorate’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

Quinnipiac also made our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #7. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Quinnipiac are $20,090.

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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

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  • *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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