2024 Best Law Doctor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin

If you pursue a doctor's degree in law, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #1 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Wisconsin to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of law. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 463 doctor's degrees in law during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to law students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of law students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized law related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for law students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Law Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Law Doctor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin list, to help you choose the best school for you.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Law in Wisconsin

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in law.

Top Wisconsin Schools for a Doctorate in Law

1

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

268 Annual Graduates

University of Wisconsin - Madison is a great decision for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in law. UW - Madison is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Madison.More information about a doctorate in law from University of Wisconsin - Madison

2

Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

195 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Marquette University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in law. Marquette is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Milwaukee.More information about a doctorate in law from Marquette University

Best Law Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Law Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	273	1,700
Michigan	257	1,285
Ohio	253	1,015
Indiana	202	599

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.