2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Law in Iowa

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.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Iowa to determine which ones were the most popular for law students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 228 doctor's degrees in law during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for law.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Law in Iowa

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

Most Well Attended Schools for Law Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

133 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In IA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Iowa if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in law. Iowa is a very large public university located in the small city of Iowa City. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in law in Iowa. More information about a doctorate in law from University of Iowa

2

Drake University
Des Moines, IA

95 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In IA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Drake University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in law. Located in the medium-sized city of Des Moines, Drake is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in law in Iowa. More information about a doctorate in law from Drake University

Best Law Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Law Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	120	635
Minnesota	119	602
Kansas	92	206
Nebraska	65	206
North Dakota	62	106
South Dakota	44	51

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Rankings in Majors Related to Law

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

Majors Similar to Law

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Legal Research	1

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.