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

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 reviewed 4 schools in Louisiana to determine which ones were the most popular for doctor's degree seekers in the field of legal professions. Combined, these schools handed out 706 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. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Legal Professions in Louisiana ranking.

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 Louisiana

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

1

Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA

216 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In LA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Tulane University of Louisiana if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in legal professions. Tulane is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New Orleans. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in legal professions in Louisiana.

There were about 216 legal professions students who graduated with this degree at Tulane in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in legal professions from Tulane University of Louisiana

2

Loyola University New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

167 Annual Doctor's Degrees

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Loyola University New Orleans is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in legal professions. Loyola New Orleans is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New Orleans.

There were roughly 167 legal professions individuals who graduated with this degree at Loyola New Orleans in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in legal professions from Loyola University New Orleans

3

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA

166 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In LA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in legal professions. Located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public university with a fairly large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in legal professions in Louisiana.

There were roughly 166 legal professions individuals who graduated with this degree at Louisiana State University in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in legal professions from Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

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Southern University Law Center
Baton Rouge, LA

157 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In LA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Southern University Law Center is a popular option for students pursuing a doctor's degree in legal professions. Southern University Law Center is a fairly small public university located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in legal professions in Louisiana.

There were approximately 157 legal professions individuals who graduated with this degree at Southern University Law Center in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in legal professions from Southern University Law Center

 

Best Legal Professions Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	29	2,073
Virginia	29	1,082
Georgia	28	972
South Carolina	27	405
North Carolina	26	962
Kentucky	26	389
Tennessee	25	561
Mississippi	24	224
Alabama	24	327
Arkansas	23	228
West Virginia	20	101

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Legal Professions Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Law	703
Legal Research	3

Majors Similar to Legal Professions

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Public Administration & Social Service	25

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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