2023 Best Value Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Legal Professions Doctor's Degree School for You
Legal Professions is the #16 most popular major in the country with 61,055 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 42 schools in the Southeast 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.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Top 10 Best Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Virginia - Main Campus the best value school in the Southeast Region for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. University of Virginia is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Charlottesville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Virginia are $33,520 per year.
University of Virginia also took the #3 spot in our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region rankings.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg.
Liberty University graduate students pay an average of $8,360 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 42 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Clinton, MC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at MC are $12,796 a year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Campbell University is a great value for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the fringe town of Buies Creek, Campbell 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 Campbell are $15,152 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stetson University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Stetson is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of DeLand.
Stetson graduate students pay an average of $17,671 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Richmond ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. URichmond is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of University of Richmond.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at URichmond are $25,620 per year.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Chapel Hill are $30,858 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UNC Chapel Hill is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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University of Georgia came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. UGA is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Athens.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UGA are $27,464 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UGA also did well on our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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With a ranking of #9, Florida International University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. FIU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Miami.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at FIU are $24,211 a year.
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University of Memphis landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree legal professions programs. UofM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Memphis.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UofM are $14,544 per year.
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Explore the best legal professions schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 1,307 |
| West Virginia | 330 |
| Mississippi | 439 |
| South Carolina | 526 |
| Florida | 3,659 |
| Virginia | 2,055 |
| Arkansas | 284 |
| Alabama | 426 |
| Kentucky | 423 |
| Georgia | 1,180 |
| Tennessee | 732 |
| Louisiana | 936 |
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Legal Professions Related Majors for Legal Professions
Legal Professions Majors to Study
| 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 |
Majors Similar to Legal Professions
| 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 25 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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