St John’s University - New York 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 St John’s University - New York. 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
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Student Diversity
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References

How Much Does a Doctorate in Law from STJ Cost?

$30,666 Average Tuition and Fees

STJ Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at STJ paid an average of $1,305 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$29,816	$29,816
Fees	$850	$850

Does STJ Offer an Online Doctorate in Law?

Online degrees for the STJ 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 STJ Online Learning page.

STJ Doctorate Student Diversity for Law

250 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

45.6% Women

23.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 250 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, 45.6% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 52.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 23.2% of law doctor’s degree recipients at STJ in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 30%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	22
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	177
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Doctorate in Law Focus Areas at STJ

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Law	250

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.