2024 Best Health Law Doctor's Degree Schools

Health Lawdoctorate programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #697 out of the 862 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for health law students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1 doctor's degrees in health law during the 2020-2021 academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to health law students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of health law students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• 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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized health law related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Health Law Schools

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 Health Law Doctor's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Health Law in the United States

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

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Health Law

1

Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

It's hard to beat Loyola University Chicago if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in health law. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in health law from Loyola University Chicago

2

Widener University
Chester, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in health law has to look into Widener University. Widener is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Chester.More information about a doctorate in health law from Widener University

Health Law by Region

View the Best Health Law Doctor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Health Law Related Rankings by Major

One of 24 majors within the Legal Research area of study, Health Law has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Health Law

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Advanced Legal Research/Studies	83
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence	25
Banking, Corporate, Finance, & Securities Law	18
Other Legal Research & Advanced Professional Studies	11
International Law & Legal Studies	7
Tax Law/Taxation	4
Energy, Environment, & Natural Resources Law	3
Criminal Law and Procedure	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.