2024 Best Law Doctor's Degree Schools in Iowa

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 Iowa to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of law. Combined, these schools handed out 237 doctor's degrees in law to qualified students.

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• 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 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The law school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Law Doctor's Degree Schools in Iowa.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Law in Iowa

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

Top Iowa Schools for a Doctorate in Law

1

Drake University
Des Moines, IA

100 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Drake University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in law. Located in the medium-sized city of Des Moines, Drake is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in law from Drake University

2

University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

137 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Iowa if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in law. Iowa is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Iowa City.More information about a doctorate in law from University of Iowa

Best Law Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	122	619
Minnesota	120	693
Kansas	97	198
Nebraska	70	216
North Dakota	68	56
South Dakota	45	62

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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	237

Majors Similar to Law

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Legal Research	1

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.