University of Memphis 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 University of Memphis. 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 UofM Cost?

$10,746 Average Tuition and Fees

UofM Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at UofM was $704 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $512 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$9,216	$12,672
Fees	$1,530	$1,530

Does UofM Offer an Online Doctorate in Law?

UofM 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 UofM Online Learning page.

UofM Doctorate Student Diversity for Law

88 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

42.0% Women

25.0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 88 students received their doctor’s degree in law. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 42.0% of the law students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 52.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 25.0% of law doctor’s degree recipients at UofM in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 30%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	2
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	66
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Doctorate in Law Focus Areas at UofM

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Law	88

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.