2024 Best Law Doctor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin

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 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Wisconsin to determine which ones were the best for law students pursuing a doctor's degree. 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

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

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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for law to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• 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.

More Ways to Rank Law Schools

The law school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Law Doctor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Law in Wisconsin

The following list ranks 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

268 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Wisconsin - Madison if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in law. UW - Madison is a very 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

195 Annual Graduates

Marquette University is a great option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in law. Marquette is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large 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 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
Indiana	132	599

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Law Related Rankings by Major

Law is one of 4 different types of Legal Professions programs to choose from.

Law Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Law	463

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Legal Research	3

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.