2024 Best Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Kentucky

Legal Professions is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #2 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Kentucky to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of legal professions. Combined, these schools handed out 347 doctor's degrees in legal professions to qualified students.

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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 many resources a school devotes to legal professions students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of legal professions students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• 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 easy is it for legal professions to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized legal professions related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Legal Professions Schools

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 Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Kentucky list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Legal Professions in Kentucky

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

Top Kentucky Schools for a Doctorate in Legal Professions

1

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

135 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Kentucky if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in legal professions. UK is a fairly large public university located in the city of Lexington.More information about a doctorate in legal professions from University of Kentucky

1

University of Louisville
Louisville, KY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

112 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Louisville if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in legal professions. Located in the city of Louisville, UofL is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in legal professions from University of Louisville

2

Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, KY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

100 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in legal professions needs to look into Northern Kentucky University. NKU is a large public university located in the large suburb of Highland Heights.More information about a doctorate in legal professions from Northern Kentucky University

Best Legal Professions Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Legal Professions Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	29	2,050
Virginia	29	1,114
Georgia	28	882
Mississippi	28	236
South Carolina	28	388
North Carolina	26	1,012
Alabama	25	308
Tennessee	25	597
Louisiana	25	721
Arkansas	23	241
West Virginia	20	104

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Legal Professions Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Law	347

Majors Similar to Legal Professions

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	5

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).
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