Find Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Best Value Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Missouri

Find Schools Near

2023 Best Value Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Missouri

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$27,096 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,077 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 Value Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Missouri ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Missouri to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for legal professions students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for legal professions majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our analysis found University of Missouri - Columbia to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Missouri. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a very large student population.

Mizzou graduate students pay an average of $11,255 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Legal Professions at University of Missouri - Columbia

Out of the 3 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the # 2 spot on the list. UMKC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Kansas City.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMKC are $11,745 per year.

Full Legal Professions at University of Missouri - Kansas City Report

Out of the 3 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the # 3 spot on the list. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WUSTL are $58,288 per year.

WUSTL did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri list.

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

Explore all the Best Value Legal Professions Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

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 3 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to The wub.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

Featured Schools

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.