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Harvard University Doctorate in Law

570 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

Law is a concentration offered under the law major at Harvard University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in law, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.

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How Much Does a Doctorate in Law from Harvard Cost?

$50,654 Average Tuition and Fees

Harvard Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at Harvard paid an average of $0 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

In State Out of State
Tuition $49,448 $49,448
Fees $1,206 $1,206

Does Harvard Offer an Online Doctorate in Law?

Harvard does not offer an online option for its law doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Harvard Online Learning page.

Harvard Doctorate Student Diversity for Law

570 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
47.9% Women
31.8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 570 students received their doctor’s degree in law. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 47.9% of the students who received their Doctorate in law in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 52.6%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in law at Harvard in 2019-2020, 31.8% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 30%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 70
Black or African American 41
Hispanic or Latino 56
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 1
White 286
International Students 80
Other Races/Ethnicities 36

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*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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