2024 Best Law Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland

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 reviewed 2 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of law. Combined, these schools handed out 418 doctor's degrees in law to qualified students.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on law students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other law students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt law students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized law related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Maryland ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Law in Maryland

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

Top Maryland Schools for a Doctorate in Law

1

University of Maryland - Baltimore
Baltimore, MD

202 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in law needs to check out University of Maryland - Baltimore. Located in the large city of Baltimore, UMB is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in law from University of Maryland - Baltimore

2

University of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD

216 Annual Graduates

University of Baltimore is a wonderful choice for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in law. UB is a small public university located in the city of Baltimore.More information about a doctorate in law from University of Baltimore

Best Law Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	1,586
New York	174	4,025
New Jersey	115	610
District of Columbia	81	1,954

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Rankings in Majors Related to Law

One of 4 majors within the Legal Professions area of study, Law has other similar majors worth exploring.

Law Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Law	418

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.