2025 Best Law Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana

Law is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #1 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Indiana to determine which ones were the best for law students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 588 doctor's degrees in law to qualified students.

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• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on law students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other law students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt law students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized law related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Law Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Law in Indiana

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in law.

Top Indiana Schools for a Doctorate in Law

1

Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN

228 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in law. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in law from Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

2

Purdue University Global
West Lafayette, IN

23 Annual Graduates

Purdue University Global is a wonderful decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in law. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue University Global is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in law from Purdue University Global

Best Law Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	153	1,700
Michigan	149	1,285
Ohio	144	1,015
Wisconsin	108	463

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Rankings in Majors Related to Law

One of 4 majors within the Legal Professions area of study, Law has other similar majors worth exploring.

Law Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Law	588

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Legal Professions (Other)	38
Legal Research	10

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.