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2023 Best Law Schools in Georgia

4 Colleges
$56,429 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Law School for You

In 2020-2021, 879 degrees and certificates were awarded to law students who went to a Georgia college or university. This makes it the #28 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Law Schools in Georgia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Georgia to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Law Schools in Georgia

The colleges and universities below are the best for law majors pursuing a .

Top Georgia Schools in Law

#1

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Our 2023 rankings named Emory University the best school in Georgia for law students. Emory is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Atlanta.

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#2

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

The excellent programs at University of Georgia helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best law schools in Georgia. Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a very large student population.

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The excellent programs at Georgia State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best law schools in Georgia. Georgia State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.

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The excellent programs at Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best law schools in Georgia. AJMLS is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Atlanta.

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Best Law Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Law Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 1,111
North Carolina 1,005
Florida 2,043
Tennessee 597
Kentucky 347
South Carolina 388
Louisiana 719
Arkansas 241
Alabama 305
Mississippi 236
West Virginia 104

One of 4 majors within the area of study, law has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Legal Support Services 11,545
Legal Research 6,874
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 4,407
Legal Professions (Other) 2,013

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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