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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$37,090 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,077 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, legal professions students earned 2,586 degrees and certificates from a District of Columbia school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in District of Columbia 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 analysis found University of the District of Columbia to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in District of Columbia. Located in the large city of Washington, University of the District of Columbia is a public college with a small student population.

University of the District of Columbia graduate students pay an average of $10,094 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Georgetown University is a great value for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Georgetown are $55,128 per year.

Georgetown did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at GWU are $32,904 per year.

GWU also took the #2 spot in our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

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#4

American University

Washington, DC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend American University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list. The American University is a fairly 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 also made our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list, coming in at #4.

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#5

Howard University

Washington, DC

Out of the 6 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Washington, Howard is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Howard are $34,326 per year.

Howard also made our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list, coming in at #5.

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Catholic University of America did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. CUA is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

CUA graduate students pay an average of $51,630 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

CUA also took the #3 spot in our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

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Explore all the Best Value Legal Professions Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 931
Pennsylvania 2,391
New York 5,735
Maryland 761
Delaware 48

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 6 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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