2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Nebraska

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 Nebraska” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Nebraska, there were 356 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,467 and $42,645 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 224 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,738 and $121,521 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.

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.

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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 Nebraska” 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 Nebraska

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Nebraska.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions in Nebraska

#1

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$19,513 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a public institution located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The school has a large population, and it awarded 128 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNL, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nebraska - Lincoln are $19,513, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Legal Professions at UNL

#2

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$18,528 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Creighton University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Doctorate in Nebraska. Located in Omaha, Nebraska, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 96 degrees to qualified doctorate’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

Creighton also took the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Creighton University are $18,528.

Read more about Legal Professions at Creighton

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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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