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2023 Most Popular Law Doctor's Degree Schools in Missouri

4 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Law Doctor's Degree Schools in Missouri ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Missouri to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Law program at each school on the list.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Washington University in St Louis the most popular 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.

About 47% of the students majoring in law at the school are women while 53% are male.

Full Law at Washington University in St Louis Report

#2

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

Out of the 4 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 56% of the students majoring in law at the school are women while 44% are male.

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Out of the 4 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 54% of the law majors at the school.

Full Law at University of Missouri - Kansas City Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - Columbia is a great place for law students working on their doctor’s degree. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbia.

Women make up 37% of the law majors at the school.

Read full report on Law at University of Missouri - Columbia

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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 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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