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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$30,736 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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. 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

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

Our analysis found University of Wyoming to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . UW is a large public school located in the remote town of Laramie.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW are $17,569 per year.

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#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Out of the 6 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the # 2 spot on the list. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of U are $25,705 per year.

Read full report on Legal Professions at University of Utah

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Colorado Boulder helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . CU - Boulder is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Boulder.

CU - Boulder graduate students pay an average of $33,953 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of I is a large public school located in the town of Moscow.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U of I are $29,148 a year.

Read full report on Legal Professions at University of Idaho

Out of the 6 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the # 5 spot on the list. UM is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Missoula.

UM graduate students pay an average of $24,096 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Legal Professions at The University of Montana Report

#6

University of Denver

Denver, CO

University of Denver 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. DU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at DU are $53,943 a year.

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Explore the best legal professions colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 616
Utah 323
Montana 85
Idaho 163
Wyoming 86

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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