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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$42,044 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,077 Avg Salary

Legal Professions is the #16 most popular major in Massachusetts with 2,570 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Massachusetts ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Massachusetts to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for legal professions students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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

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

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

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Our analysis found Harvard University to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Massachusetts. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 per year.

Harvard not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list.

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#2

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

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

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Boston College are $32,722 a 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 #3 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Northeastern graduate students pay an average of $26,095 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Boston University

Boston, MA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Boston U are $59,418 a year.

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#5

Suffolk University

Boston, MA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Suffolk University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in Massachusetts. Suffolk is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

Suffolk graduate students pay an average of $39,813 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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New England Law - Boston came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. Located in the large city of Boston, New England Law is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 110
Maine 104
Rhode Island 259
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 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).
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