West Virginia 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 West Virginia 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, and more.

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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Doctorate in Law from WVU Cost?

$10,134 Average Tuition and Fees

WVU Graduate Tuition and Fees

Out-of-state part-time graduates at WVU paid an average of $1,453 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $563 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	$10,134	$26,154

Does WVU Offer an Online Doctorate in Law?

Online degrees for the WVU 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 WVU Online Learning page.

WVU Doctorate Student Diversity for Law

107 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

50.5% Women

12.1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 107 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

About 50.5% of the students who received their Doctorate in law in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 52.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 12.1% of law doctor’s degree recipients at WVU in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 30%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	94
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Doctorate in Law Focus Areas at WVU

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Law	107

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.