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2023 Best Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas

8 Colleges
$65,077 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, legal professions students earned 2,357 degrees and certificates from a Texas school, making the subject the 7th in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 Best Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in Texas 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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Check out the legal professions doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Our analysis found South Texas College of Law to be the best school for legal professions students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Texas. South Texas College of Law is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 8 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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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 #4 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

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#5

University of Houston

Houston, TX

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

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#6

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, TX

St. Mary’s University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of San Antonio, St. Mary's is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#7

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Texas Southern University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking. TSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Houston.

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Explore all the Best Legal Professions Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 955
Oklahoma 632
New Mexico 108

Major Annual Graduates
Law 36,216
Legal Research 6,659
Legal Professions (Other) 1,424
Legal Support Services 446
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 444

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Administration & Social Service 53,252
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting 13,045
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies 10,452
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences 1,613

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 8 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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