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2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions in Kansas

2 Ranked Colleges
214 Degrees Awarded
$52,672 Avg Salary
Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in Kansas

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in Kansas” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2021-2022, 67,032 people earned their degree in legal professions, making the major the 16th most popular in the United States. In , legal professions graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $50,137 and had an average of $67,839 in loans still to pay off.

Across Kansas, there were 338 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,081 and $34,021 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 214 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,061 and $95,269 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in Kansas” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal professions. That schools that top this list have a program in legal professions in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in Kansas” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for kansas doctor’s degree legal professions students.

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Washburn University
Topeka, Kansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washburn University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in Kansas. Washburn University is a medium-sized school located in Topeka, Kansas that handed out 114 doctorate’s legal professions degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lawrence, Kansas, and it awarded 100 doctorate’s legal professions degrees in 2021-2022.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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