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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in New York

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

13 Colleges
$34,513 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,077 Avg Salary

With 5,735 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal professions is the #14 most popular major in New York.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in New York ranking. This report analyzed 13 schools in New York 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.

#1

Fordham University

Bronx, NY

Our 2023 rankings named Fordham University the best value school in New York for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Bronx, Fordham U is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Fordham U graduate students pay an average of $23,846 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

New York University

New York, NY

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

NYU graduate students pay an average of $38,206 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

NYU also took the #5 spot in our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York rankings.

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#3

New York Law School

New York, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New York Law School. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the large city of New York, New York Law School is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

New York Law School graduate students pay an average of $24,000 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University at Buffalo helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in New York. University at Buffalo is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Buffalo.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at University at Buffalo are $14,388 a year.

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Out of the 13 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the # 5 spot on the list. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Columbia also did well on our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#6

Touro College

New York, NY

Touro College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree legal professions programs. Located in the large city of New York, Touro is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Touro are $13,258 a year.

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#7

Yeshiva University

New York, NY

Yeshiva University 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 #7 on the list. Yeshiva is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Yeshiva are $35,150 a year.

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#8

Hofstra University

Hempstead, NY

With a ranking of #8, Hofstra University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Hofstra is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hempstead.

Hofstra graduate students pay an average of $28,180 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#9

Brooklyn Law School

Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn Law School came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York ranking. Brooklyn Law is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Brooklyn.

Brooklyn Law graduate students pay an average of $65,124 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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St John’s University - New York came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York ranking. STJ is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Queens.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at STJ are $31,516 a year.

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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
Maryland 761
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 13 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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