University of San Diego 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 University of San Diego. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in law, 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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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Doctorate in Law from USD Cost?

$28,410 Average Tuition and Fees

USD Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at USD paid an average of $1,552 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$27,936	$27,936
Fees	$474	$474

Does USD Offer an Online Doctorate in Law?

USD 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 USD Online Learning page.

USD Doctorate Student Diversity for Law

241 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

56.8% Women

31.5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

There were 241 doctor’s degrees in law awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their doctor’s degree in law in 2019-2020, 56.8% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 52.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 31.5% of the law doctor’s degrees at USD in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 30%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	35
Native American or Alaska Native	4
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	1
White	145
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

Doctorate in Law Focus Areas at USD

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Law	241

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.