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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$19,915 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,077 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 1,634 degrees and certificates were awarded to legal professions students who went to a Ohio college or university. This makes it the #18 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Ohio ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in Ohio to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for legal professions 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. 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.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Ohio State University - Main Campus the best value school in Ohio for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the large city of Columbus.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ohio State are $12,425 per year.

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#2

Capital University

Columbus, OH

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Capital University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in Ohio. Located in the suburb of Columbus, Capital is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Capital are $13,190 per year.

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#3

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Cleveland State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio list. Located in the large city of Cleveland, Cleveland State University is a public school with a large student population.

Cleveland State University graduate students pay an average of $10,625 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio list. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a very large student population.

UC graduate students pay an average of $14,902 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 University of Akron Main Campus. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio list. University of Akron Main Campus is a large public school located in the midsize city of Akron.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Akron Main Campus are $11,936 per year.

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#6

University of Toledo

Toledo, OH

University of Toledo ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio list. University of Toledo is a large public school located in the city of Toledo.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Toledo are $16,600 per year.

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Ohio Northern University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree legal professions programs. ONU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Ada.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at ONU are $30,240 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, ONU is ranked #4 for overall quality for legal professions in Ohio.

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Case Western Reserve University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio ranking. Located in the large city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Case Western graduate students pay an average of $49,398 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Case Western also made our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio list, coming in at #5.

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Explore all the Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 1,257
Michigan 1,654
Illinois 2,648
Wisconsin 748

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 8 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to The wub.

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