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Best Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

2023 Best Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

6 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Rocky Mountains 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.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Colorado Boulder the best school in the Rocky Mountains Region for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. CU - Boulder is a very large public school located in the city of Boulder.

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#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Utah helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . U of U is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.

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#3

University of Denver

Denver, CO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.

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#4

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Wyoming helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . UW is a fairly large public school located in the town of Laramie.

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#5

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Idaho is a great place for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. U of I is a large public school located in the town of Moscow.

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The University of Montana came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. UM is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Missoula.

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Explore the best legal professions schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 616
Utah 323
Montana 85
Idaho 163
Wyoming 86

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 6 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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