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

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 Missouri to determine which ones were the most popular for doctor's degree seekers in the field of legal professions. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 611 doctor's degrees in legal professions during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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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 Missouri 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 Missouri

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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Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO

242 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In MO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Washington University in St Louis is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in legal professions. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in legal professions in Missouri.

There were about 242 legal professions individuals who graduated with this degree at WUSTL in the most recent year we have data available.

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2

Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO

158 Annual Doctor's Degrees

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in legal professions needs to take a look at Saint Louis University. SLU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Saint Louis.

There were roughly 158 legal professions students who graduated with this degree at SLU in the most recent data year.

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University of Missouri - Kansas City
Kansas City, MO

127 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In MO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Missouri - Kansas City is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in legal professions. UMKC is a large public university located in the city of Kansas City. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in legal professions in Missouri.

There were about 127 legal professions students who graduated with this degree at UMKC in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in legal professions from University of Missouri - Kansas City

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University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, MO

84 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In MO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Missouri - Columbia if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in legal professions. Mizzou is a very large public university located in the city of Columbia. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in legal professions in Missouri.

There were roughly 84 legal professions individuals who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in legal professions from University of Missouri - Columbia

 

Best Legal Professions Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	27	604
Iowa	27	250
Kansas	25	209
Nebraska	23	213
North Dakota	20	106
South Dakota	15	51

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Legal Professions Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Law	604
Legal Research	7

Majors Similar to Legal Professions

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Public Administration & Social Service	17

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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