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University of Kansas Doctorate in Law

103 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

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 University of Kansas. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in law, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

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How Much Does a Doctorate in Law from KU Cost?

$11,045 Average Tuition and Fees

KU Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at KU paid an average of $998 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $416 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

In State Out of State
Tuition $9,989 $23,951
Fees $1,056 $1,056

Does KU Offer an Online Doctorate in Law?

Online degrees for the KU 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 KU Online Learning page.

KU Doctorate Student Diversity for Law

103 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
52.4% Women
19.4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 103 students received their doctor’s degree in law. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 52.4% of the students who received their Doctorate in law in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 52.6%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in law at KU in 2019-2020, 19.4% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 30%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 6
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 77
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 9

Doctorate in Law Focus Areas at KU

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

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Law 103

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to law.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 2
Legal Research 4

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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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