Ranked #28 in popularity, law is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 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.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Law Schools in Missouri list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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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.
Any student pursuing a degree in law has to check out Washington University in St Louis. 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 about 226 law students who graduated with this degree at WUSTL in the most recent data year. Those law students who get their degree from Washington University in St Louis receive $27,230 more than the average law student.
University of Missouri - Columbia is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in law. Mizzou is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Columbia. This university ranks 4th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 92 law students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the law program report average early career wages of $51,692.
University of Missouri - Kansas City is a great option for students pursuing a degree in law. UMKC is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Kansas City. This university ranks 12th out of 48 schools 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 year we have data available. Soon after graduation, law degree recipients usually make an average of $50,613 at the beginning of their careers.
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.
