2023 Best Value Legal Research Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Legal Research Doctor's Degree School for You
With 481 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal research is the #13 most popular major in District of Columbia.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 Legal Research Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in District of Columbia to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for legal research students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Legal Research
Our analysis found Georgetown University to be the best value school for legal research students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in District of Columbia. Located in the large city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Georgetown graduate students pay an average of $55,128 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Georgetown also made our Best Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list, coming in at #1.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at American University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal research schools in District of Columbia. The American University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.
The American University graduate students pay an average of $38,456 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
The American University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list.
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Explore all the Best Value Legal Research Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 382 |
| New York | 590 |
| Maryland | 57 |
| New Jersey | 77 |
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Majors Related to Legal Research
Legal Research is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Law | 36,216 |
| Legal Support Services | 11,545 |
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies | 4,407 |
| Legal Professions (Other) | 2,013 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 2 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.