Ranked #28 in popularity, law is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Law Schools in Missouri ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 619 degrees in law during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of law school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Law School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Schools in Missouri list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of law degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student who is interested in law needs to check out Washington University in St Louis. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #17 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means WUSTL is a great university overall.
There were about 243 law students who graduated with this degree at WUSTL in the most recent data year. Those law students who get their degree from Washington University in St Louis receive $27,230 more than the typical law graduate.
University of Missouri - Columbia is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in law. Mizzou is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Columbia. This university ranks 4th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 83 law students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the law program state that they receive average early career earnings of $51,692.
University of Missouri - Kansas City is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in law. UMKC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Kansas City. This university ranks 12th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were approximately 121 law students who graduated with this degree at UMKC in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, law degree recipients typically make about $50,613 in the first five years of their career.
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).
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Your choice of law school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Law School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
