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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

8 Colleges
$15,659 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,077 Avg Salary

With 3,012 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal professions is the #20 most popular major in Texas.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

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 Texas ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Texas 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best value school in Texas for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UT Austin graduate students pay an average of $12,050 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UT Austin also took the #3 spot in our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas rankings.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Texas A&M College Station are $10,733 a year.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list.

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#3

University of Houston

Houston, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. UH is a very large public school located in the large city of Houston.

UH graduate students pay an average of $9,727 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UH also is in the top 20% of our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking.

Full Legal Professions at University of Houston Report

#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $9,518 per year.

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Out of the 8 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Southern University landed the # 5 spot on the list. TSU is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Houston.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at TSU are $8,328 per year.

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#6

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, TX

St. Mary’s University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the large city of San Antonio, St. Mary's is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at St. Mary’s are $19,846 per year.

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With a ranking of #7, Southern Methodist University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

SMU graduate students pay an average of $35,802 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

SMU also claimed a spot on our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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With a ranking of #8, South Texas College of Law did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. South Texas College of Law is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Houston.

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 1,593
New Mexico 173
Oklahoma 708

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 8 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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