Southern Illinois University Carbondale 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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in law, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Doctorate in Law from SIUC Cost?

$16,026 Average Tuition and Fees

SIUC Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at SIUC paid an average of $1,174 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $470 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$11,268	$28,170
Fees	$4,758	$4,758

Does SIUC Offer an Online Doctorate in Law?

SIUC 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 SIUC Online Learning page.

SIUC Doctorate Student Diversity for Law

102 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

50.0% Women

17.6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

There were 102 doctor’s degrees in law awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their doctor’s degree in law in 2019-2020, 50.0% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 52.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 17.6% of law doctor’s degree recipients at SIUC in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 30%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	5
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	81
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Doctorate in Law Focus Areas at SIUC

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Law	102

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.