2024 Best Law Doctor's Degree Schools in Connecticut

If you pursue a doctor's degree in law, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #1 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Law Doctor's Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 458 doctor's degrees in law to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to law students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of law students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized law related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for law students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Law Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Law Doctor's Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Law in Connecticut

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in law.

Top Connecticut Schools for a Doctorate in Law

1

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

137 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Connecticut if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in law. UCONN is a very large public university located in the suburb of Storrs.More information about a doctorate in law from University of Connecticut

2

Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

103 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in law has to look into Quinnipiac University. Quinnipiac is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Hamden.More information about a doctorate in law from Quinnipiac University

Best Law Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Law Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	284	1,998
Rhode Island	119	150
New Hampshire	56	86
Maine	53	81
Vermont	33	165

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.