Boston College Doctorate in Law

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 Boston College. 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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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Doctorate in Law from Boston College Cost?

$31,930 Average Tuition and Fees

Boston College Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at Boston College paid an average of $0 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$31,824	$31,824
Fees	$106	$106

Does Boston College Offer an Online Doctorate in Law?

Online degrees for the Boston College law doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Boston College Online Learning page.

Boston College Doctorate Student Diversity for Law

247 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

48.6% Women

21.5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 247 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 48.6% of the law students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 52.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 21.5% of the law doctor’s degrees at Boston College in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 30%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	30
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	11
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	174
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

Doctorate in Law Focus Areas at Boston College

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Law	247

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.