2023 Best Value Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Georgia
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Legal Professions Doctor's Degree School for You
With 1,180 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal professions is the #17 most popular major in Georgia.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Georgia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Georgia 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. 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.
Best Georgia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Legal Professions
Our analysis found University of Georgia to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Georgia. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UGA are $11,156 a year.
UGA also made our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia list, coming in at #5.
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Out of the 4 schools in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Georgia State is a very large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Georgia State are $9,292 a year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Emory University is a great value for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Emory is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Atlanta.
Emory graduate students pay an average of $45,684 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Emory is ranked #4 for overall quality for legal professions in Georgia.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School is a great value for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. AJMLS is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Atlanta.
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| 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 |
| Tennessee | 732 |
| Louisiana | 936 |
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Majors Related to 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 |
Most Popular Majors Related 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 4 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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