2023 Best Value Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in South Dakota
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Legal Professions Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 70 degrees and certificates were awarded to legal professions students who went to a South Dakota college or university. This makes it the #26 most popular major in the state.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 South Dakota ranking.
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.
Best Legal Professions Doctor's Degree School
Our analysis found University of South Dakota to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in South Dakota. USD is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Vermillion.
USD graduate students pay an average of $7,118 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
USD also made our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #5.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Kansas | 269 |
Minnesota | 965 |
Iowa | 371 |
Missouri | 1,149 |
Nebraska | 367 |
North Dakota | 67 |
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Legal Professions Related Majors for Legal Professions
Legal Professions Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 Related Majors
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 values are for the top school 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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