2023 Best Value Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Legal Professions Doctor's Degree School for You
Legal Professions is the #16 most popular major in the country with 61,055 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
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 the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 25 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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.
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.
Top 10 Best Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Purdue University Global to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Purdue University Global is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Purdue University Global are $10,582 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. WMU-Cooley Law School is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Lansing.
WMU-Cooley Law School graduate students pay an average of $14,440 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northern Illinois University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. NIU is a large public school located in the small suburb of Dekalb.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NIU are $11,390 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Capital University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Capital is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Columbus.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Capital are $13,190 per year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Loyola University Chicago is a great value for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Loyola Chicago graduate students pay an average of $19,894 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Akron Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Akron, University of Akron Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Akron Main Campus are $11,936 a year.
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University of Wisconsin - Madison ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW - Madison are $25,501 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UW - Madison is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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Marquette University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Marquette is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Milwaukee.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Marquette are $21,960 per year.
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Northwestern University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Northwestern graduate students pay an average of $56,567 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Northwestern is ranked #1 for overall quality for legal professions in the Great Lakes Region .
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University of Chicago came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
UChicago graduate students pay an average of $63,936 in tuition and fees each year.
UChicago also took the #2 spot in our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
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Request InformationBest Legal Professions Colleges by State
Explore the best legal professions schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Indiana | 1,257 |
| Michigan | 1,654 |
| Ohio | 1,634 |
| Illinois | 2,648 |
| Wisconsin | 748 |
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Legal Professions Related Majors for Legal Professions
Legal Professions Majors to Study
| 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 |
Majors Similar to Legal Professions
| 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 25 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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