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2023 Best Law Doctor's Degree Schools in Missouri

3 Colleges
$65,084 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Law Doctor's Degree School for You

With 619 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, law is the #11 most popular major in Missouri.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Best Law Doctor's Degree Schools in Missouri ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Missouri to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri

The colleges and universities below are the best for law majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top Missouri Schools for a Doctorate in Law

Our 2023 rankings named Washington University in St Louis the best school in Missouri for law students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Missouri - Columbia helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best law schools in Missouri. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbia.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - Kansas City is a great place for law students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public school with a large student population.

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Best Law Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Law Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 693
Iowa 237
Kansas 198
Nebraska 216
North Dakota 56
South Dakota 62

One of 4 majors within the area of study, law has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Legal Research 6,659
Legal Professions (Other) 1,424
Legal Support Services 446
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 444

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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