Florida State University Doctorate in Law

The main focus area for this major is Law. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Law is a major offered under the legal professions program of study at Florida State 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, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.

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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Doctorate in Law from Florida State Cost?

$11,553 Average Tuition and Fees

Florida State Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Florida State was $1,114 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $482 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$9,684	$24,116
Fees	$1,869	$2,591

Does Florida State Offer an Online Doctorate in Law?

Online degrees for the Florida State law doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Florida State Online Learning page.

Florida State Doctorate Student Diversity for Law

192 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

52.1% Women

32.8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 192 doctor’s degrees in law handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their doctor’s degree in law in 2019-2020, 52.1% of them were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 52.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 32.8% of law doctor’s degree recipients at Florida State in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 30%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	39
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	125
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Doctorate in Law Focus Areas at Florida State

Law students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Law	192

References

*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.