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Best Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

2023 Best Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

27 Colleges
$65,077 Avg Salary

Legal Professions is the #16 most popular major in the country with 61,055 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 27 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Colleges.

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Stanford University the best school in the Far Western US Region for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Berkeley. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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Out of the 27 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a very large student population.

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Out of the 27 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Hastings College of Law landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of San Francisco, UC Hastings is a public college with a small student population.

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#6

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

With a ranking of #6, Santa Clara University did quite well on this year’s best schools for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. SCU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Santa Clara.

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#7

Southwestern Law School

Los Angeles, CA

Southwestern Law School came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Southwestern Law School is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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University of California - Irvine ranked #8 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public school with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #9, University of California - Davis did quite well on this year’s best schools for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public college with a very large student population.

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree legal professions programs. UW Seattle is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Seattle.

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Explore the best legal professions colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 6,896
Washington 892
Oregon 506
Hawaii 128
Nevada 265
Alaska 32

Major Annual Graduates
Law 36,216
Legal Support Services 11,545
Legal Research 6,874
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 4,407
Legal Professions (Other) 2,013

Related Major Annual Graduates
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting 142,610
Public Administration & Social Service 98,583
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies 73,813
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences 4,477

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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