2024 Best Law Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado

Ranked #1 in popularity, law is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for law students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 429 doctor's degrees in law during the 2020-2021 academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Law Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Law in Colorado

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for law students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Colorado Schools for a Doctorate in Law

1

University of Denver
Denver, CO

233 Annual Graduates

University of Denver is a good option for students pursuing a doctor's degree in law. Located in the city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in law from University of Denver

2

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

170 Annual Graduates

University of Colorado Boulder is a good choice for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in law. CU - Boulder is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Boulder.More information about a doctorate in law from University of Colorado Boulder

Best Law Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Law Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	104	192
Idaho	47	138
Montana	37	71
Wyoming	32	78

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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	429

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.