2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Legal Research in District of Columbia

A doctor's degree in legal research is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #97 out of 295 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in District of Columbia to determine which ones were the most popular for legal research students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 13 doctor's degrees in legal research to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Legal Research School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in legal research matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Legal Research in District of Columbia ranking.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of legal research students usually has them for a reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

More Ways to Rank Legal Research Schools

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. Plus, you can view our other rankings for legal research.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Legal Research in District of Columbia

Learn about the most popular colleges and universities for legal research students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Legal Research Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

American University
Washington, DC

8 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at American University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in legal research. Located in the city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in legal research in District of Columbia.

There were roughly 8 legal research individuals who graduated with this degree at The American University in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in legal research from American University

2

Georgetown University
Washington, DC

3 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Georgetown University is a popular decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in legal research. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in legal research in District of Columbia.

There were about 3 legal research students who graduated with this degree at Georgetown in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in legal research from Georgetown University

3

George Washington University
Washington, DC

2 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

George Washington University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in legal research. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in legal research in District of Columbia.

There were roughly 2 legal research individuals who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in legal research from George Washington University

Best Legal Research Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Legal Research Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	183	15
Pennsylvania	176	4

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Rankings in Majors Related to Legal Research

One of 4 majors within the Legal Professions area of study, Legal Research has other similar majors worth exploring.

Legal Research Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence	8
General Advanced Legal Research/Studies	3
International Law & Legal Studies	2

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Law	1,801

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.