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2023 Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Vermont

1 Ranked Colleges
165 Degrees Awarded
$47,303 Avg Salary
Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Legal Professions for a Doctorate

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans 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 “Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Legal Professions for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 61,055 people earned their degree in legal professions, making the major the 16th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, legal professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,649 and had an average of $28,699 in loans still to pay off.

Across Vermont, there were 358 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,654 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent legal professions programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the legal professions program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The legal professions school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Legal Professions for a Doctorate”.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for vermont doctor’s degree vets studying legal professions.

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Vermont Law School
South Royalton, Vermont

Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Legal Professions for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Vermont Law School landed the #1 spot on the list. VLS is a small school located in South Royalton, Vermont that handed out 165 doctorate’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at VLS, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking.Of the 624 students enrolled at VLS, 29 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 7 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,622. On top of their other funding sources, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at VLS]](/colleges/vermont-law-school/student-life/veterans/)

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