2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Legal Professions in Washington

Legal Professions is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #2 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Legal Professions in Washington ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 450 doctor's degrees in legal professions to qualified students.

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

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in legal professions matters. We created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Legal Professions in Washington ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.

While being high in popularity does not always mean a school has a quality legal professions program, it is a sign that a large number of students choose the school. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Legal Professions 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. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for legal professions.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Legal Professions in Washington

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

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

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Seattle University
Seattle, WA

185 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In WA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Seattle University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in legal professions. Seattle U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Seattle. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in legal professions in Washington.

There were roughly 185 legal professions individuals who graduated with this degree at Seattle U in the most recent data year.

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

163 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In WA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Washington - Seattle Campus is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in legal professions. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a very large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in legal professions in Washington.

There were roughly 163 legal professions individuals who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in legal professions from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

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Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA

102 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In WA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Gonzaga University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in legal professions. Located in the medium-sized city of Spokane, Gonzaga is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in legal professions in Washington.

There were roughly 102 legal professions students who graduated with this degree at Gonzaga in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in legal professions from Gonzaga University

 

Best Legal Professions Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Legal Professions Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	30	4,077
Oregon	27	360
Hawaii	23	83
Nevada	21	128

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Legal Professions Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Law	450

Majors Similar to Legal Professions

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Public Administration & Social Service	7
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	5

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).
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