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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$16,405 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,077 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 761 degrees and certificates were awarded to legal professions students who went to a Maryland college or university. This makes it the #19 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 Maryland ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Maryland 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.

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

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

Our analysis found University of Maryland - Baltimore to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Maryland. UMB is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Baltimore.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UMB are $17,046 a year.

Full Legal Professions at University of Maryland - Baltimore Report

#2

University of Baltimore

Baltimore, MD

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Baltimore is a great value for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Baltimore, UB is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UB are $15,764 a year.

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State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 931
Pennsylvania 2,391
New York 5,735
Delaware 48
District of Columbia 2,586

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 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).
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