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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$27,096 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,077 Avg Salary

Out of the majors we analyze each year, legal professions was ranked 6th in Missouri. In fact, 1,062 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

The Best Value Legal Professions 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. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Missouri 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Check out the legal professions doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Missouri - Columbia the best value school in Missouri for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Mizzou are $11,255 a year.

Read full report on Legal Professions at University of Missouri - Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri list. Located in the large city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UMKC are $11,745 a year.

Full Legal Professions at University of Missouri - Kansas City Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri list. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at WUSTL are $58,288 a year.

WUSTL also made our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri list, coming in at #1.

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State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 210
Minnesota 821
Iowa 272
North Dakota 60
Nebraska 233
South Dakota 62

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 3 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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