2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions in Mississippi (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Mississippi, there were 475 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,033 and $41,472 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 223 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,708 and $105,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for mississippi doctor’s degree legal professions students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions in Mississippi (With Aid)

#1

University of Mississippi

University, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$25,099 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Mississippi landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in University, Mississippi, and it awarded 112 doctorate’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Ole Miss also made our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Mississippi are $25,099.

Read full report on Legal Professions at University of Mississippi

#2

Mississippi College

Clinton, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$12,322 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid list. MC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Clinton, Mississippi. It awarded 111 doctorate’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

MC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at MC are $12,322, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full MC Legal Professions Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions (With Aid)

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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