University of South Carolina - Columbia 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 South Carolina - Columbia. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in law, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Doctorate in Law from UofSC Cost?

$14,137 Average Tuition and Fees

UofSC Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at UofSC was $1,240 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $572 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$13,737	$29,760
Fees	$400	$400

Does UofSC Offer an Online Doctorate in Law?

UofSC 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 UofSC Online Learning page.

UofSC Doctorate Student Diversity for Law

202 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

48.5% Women

15.8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

There were 202 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, 48.5% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 52.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 15.8% of the law doctor’s degrees at UofSC in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 30%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	14
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	164
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Doctorate in Law Focus Areas at UofSC

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Law	202

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.