If you pursue a degree in law, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #21 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Law Schools in Missouri ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 629 degrees in law to qualified students.
Your choice of law school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Law School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Law Schools in Missouri ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of law degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Washington University in St Louis is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in law. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #17 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means WUSTL is a great university overall.
There were roughly 226 law students who graduated with this degree at WUSTL in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in law has to look into University of Missouri - Columbia. Mizzou is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Columbia. This university ranks 4th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were approximately 92 law students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat University of Missouri - Kansas City if you wish to pursue a degree in law. UMKC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Kansas City. This university ranks 12th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 125 law students who graduated with this degree at UMKC in the most recent data year.
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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).
Your choice of law school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Law School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
