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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$15,647 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,077 Avg Salary

With 892 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal professions is the #18 most popular major in Washington.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Washington to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Washington to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for legal professions students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for legal professions majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

#1

Gonzaga University

Spokane, WA

Our analysis found Gonzaga University to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Washington. Located in the city of Spokane, Gonzaga is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Gonzaga graduate students pay an average of $14,878 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Seattle University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington list. Located in the large city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Seattle U are $14,310 a year.

Read full report on Legal Professions at Seattle University

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a great value for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UW Seattle are $17,754 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UW Seattle is ranked #5 for overall quality for legal professions in Washington.

Full Legal Professions at University of Washington - Seattle Campus Report

Explore all the Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 6,896
Oregon 506
Hawaii 128
Nevada 265
Alaska 32

Major Annual Graduates
Law 36,216
Legal Support Services 11,545
Legal Research 6,874
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 4,407
Legal Professions (Other) 2,013

Related Major Annual Graduates
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting 142,610
Public Administration & Social Service 98,583
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies 73,813
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences 4,477

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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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