2023 Best Value Law Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Law Doctor's Degree School for You
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The Best Value Law Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 13 schools in the Southwest Region 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.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Top 10 Best Law Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best value school in the Southwest Region for law students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 a year.
UT Austin also made our Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #4.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma City University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Oklahoma City, OCU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
OCU graduate students pay an average of $13,410 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a very large student population.
Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $17,698 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UH is a very large public school located in the large city of Houston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UH are $18,871 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UH also did well on our Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great value for law students working on their doctor’s degree. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the city of College Station.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Texas A&M College Station is ranked #5 for overall quality for law in the Southwest Region .
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Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a fairly large student population.
ASU - Tempe graduate students pay an average of $24,432 in tuition and fees each year.
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St. Mary’s University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree law programs. Located in the large city of San Antonio, St. Mary's is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
St. Mary’s graduate students pay an average of $19,846 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Oklahoma are $23,876 a year.
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University of Tulsa ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Tulsa, University of Tulsa is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Tulsa are $25,182 a year.
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Southern Methodist University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SMU are $35,802 per year.
SMU also claimed a spot on our Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Explore the best law schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 2,044 |
| Arizona | 393 |
| Oklahoma | 395 |
| New Mexico | 105 |
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Law Related Majors for Law
Law is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 13 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).
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