2025 Best Law Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Law Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,835 doctor's degrees in law during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 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 the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Law in the Southwest Region

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

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Doctorate in Law

1

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, AZ

259 Annual Graduates

$72,119 Median Starting Salary

Arizona State University - Tempe is a wonderful decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in law. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a very large student population.

Soon after graduation, law doctorate recipients typically earn an average of $72,119 in their early careers.

More information about a doctorate in law from Arizona State University - Tempe

2

University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

95 Annual Graduates

University of Arizona is a great choice for students pursuing a doctor's degree in law. University of Arizona is a very large public university located in the city of Tucson.More information about a doctorate in law from University of Arizona

Best Law Colleges by State

Explore the best law schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	165	2,044
Arizona	119	393
Oklahoma	92	395
New Mexico	59	105

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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	2,835

Majors Similar to Law

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Legal Research	3
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	2

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.