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2023 Best Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in Missouri

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$60,062 Avg Salary

With 1,149 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal professions is the #17 most popular major in Missouri.

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 Master's Degree Schools in Missouri ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Missouri to see which ones offered the best master'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.

View our full ranking methodology.

Check out the legal professions master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Our 2023 rankings named Washington University in St Louis the best school in Missouri for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

Read full report on Legal Professions at Washington University in St Louis

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Missouri - Kansas City helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in Missouri. UMKC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Kansas City.

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State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 269
Minnesota 965
Iowa 371
South Dakota 70
Nebraska 367
North Dakota 67

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 2 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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