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Boston University Doctorate in Legal Professions

227 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

Legal Professions is a program of study at Boston University. The school offers a doctor’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in legal professions, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.

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$57,666 Average Tuition and Fees

Boston U Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Boston U was $1,777 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In StateOut of State
Tuition$56,854$56,854
Fees$812$812

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

227 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
59.9% Women
22.9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There were 227 doctor’s degrees in legal professions awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 59.9% of the legal professions students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 52.5%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 22.9% of legal professions doctor’s degree recipients at Boston U in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 30%.

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Race/EthnicityNumber of Students
Asian17
Black or African American8
Hispanic or Latino19
Native American or Alaska Native1
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0
White144
International Students16
Other Races/Ethnicities22

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

Focus AreaAnnual Graduates
Law227

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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