Legal Professions is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #16 out of the 38 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Missouri to determine which ones were the best for legal professions students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 1,203 degrees in legal professions to qualified students.
Your choice of legal professions school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for legal professions schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The legal professions 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 Legal Professions Schools in Missouri.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the legal professions degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student pursuing a degree in legal professions 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 fairly 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 613 legal professions students who graduated with this degree at WUSTL in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the legal professions degree program at Washington University in St Louis get $25,832 above the average college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
University of Missouri - Columbia is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in legal professions. Mizzou is a fairly large public university located in the city of Columbia. This university ranks 4th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 98 legal professions students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the legal professions degree program at University of Missouri - Columbia get $8,716 above the average graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
University of Missouri - Kansas City is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in legal professions. UMKC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Kansas City. This university ranks 12th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 145 legal professions students who graduated with this degree at UMKC in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the legal professions degree program at University of Missouri - Kansas City earn $7,637 more than the average college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
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 legal professions school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for legal professions schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
