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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

11 Colleges
$35,191 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,077 Avg Salary

Legal Professions is the #16 most popular major in the country with 61,055 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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

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 the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 11 schools in the New England Region 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 Roger Williams University School of Law to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the New England Region . Located in the large suburb of Bristol, Roger Williams University School of Law is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Roger Williams University School of Law are $12,803 per year.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

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

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Harvard is ranked #2 for overall quality for legal professions in the New England Region .

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#3

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, CT

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Quinnipiac University is a great value for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Quinnipiac is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Hamden.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Quinnipiac are $20,340 a year.

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#4

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Boston College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in the New England Region . Boston College is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chestnut Hill.

Boston College graduate students pay an average of $32,722 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 Northeastern University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Northeastern are $26,095 a year.

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#6

Boston University

Boston, MA

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

Boston U graduate students pay an average of $59,418 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Boston U also did well on our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#7

Suffolk University

Boston, MA

Suffolk University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large city of Boston, Suffolk is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Suffolk are $39,813 a year.

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#8

Vermont Law School

South Royalton, VT

Vermont Law School 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 #8 on the list. Located in the remote area of South Royalton, VLS is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

VLS graduate students pay an average of $43,345 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Southern Maine landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree legal professions programs. University of Southern Maine is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Portland.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Southern Maine are $22,968 per year.

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University of Connecticut came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCONN are $42,237 a year.

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Explore the best legal professions schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 110
Maine 104
Rhode Island 259
Massachusetts 2,570
Connecticut 682
Vermont 358

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 11 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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