2023 Best Value Law Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Law Doctor's Degree School for You
With 1,285 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, law is the #19 most popular major in Michigan.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Law Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Michigan to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for law students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Michigan Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Law
Our 2023 rankings named Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School the best value school in Michigan for law students working on their doctor’s degree. WMU-Cooley Law School is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Lansing.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at WMU-Cooley Law School are $14,440 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at U-M are $25,230 a year.
U-M also made our Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list, coming in at #1.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Detroit Mercy. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list. Detroit Mercy is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Detroit.
Detroit Mercy graduate students pay an average of $21,276 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wayne State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list. Wayne State is a very large public school located in the large city of Detroit.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Wayne State are $18,937 a year.
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Request InformationBest Value Law Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Ohio | 1,015 |
| Illinois | 1,700 |
| Indiana | 599 |
| Wisconsin | 463 |
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Law Related Majors for Law
Law is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Law
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Legal Support Services | 11,545 |
| Legal Research | 6,874 |
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies | 4,407 |
| Legal Professions (Other) | 2,013 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.
- 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 the rest 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.