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Baylor University Doctorate in Law

143 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
$74,786 Average Salary

The main focus area for this major is Law. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Law is a major offered under the legal professions program of study at Baylor University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in law, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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How Much Does a Doctorate in Law from Baylor Cost?

$36,936 Average Tuition and Fees

Baylor Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at Baylor paid an average of $1,856 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

In State Out of State
Tuition $33,408 $33,408
Fees $3,528 $3,528

How Much Can You Make With a Doctorate in Law From Baylor?

$74,786 Average Salary
High Earnings Boost

law who receive their doctor’s degree from Baylor make an average of $74,786 a year during the early days of their career. That is 26% higher than the national average of $59,298.

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Does Baylor Offer an Online Doctorate in Law?

Baylor does not offer an online option for its law doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Baylor Online Learning page.

Baylor Doctorate Student Diversity for Law

143 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
54.5% Women
30.8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 143 students received their doctor’s degree in law. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 54.5% of the law students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 52.6%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 30.8% of law doctor’s degree recipients at Baylor in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 30%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 9
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 24
Native American or Alaska Native 3
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 98
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Doctorate in Law Focus Areas at Baylor

Law students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Law 143

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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