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2023 Best Law Schools in North Carolina

4 Colleges
$75,754 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Law School for You

Law is the #27 most popular major in North Carolina with 1,005 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Law Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in North Carolina to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Law Schools in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Law Colleges.

Top North Carolina Schools in Law

#1

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

Our analysis found Wake Forest University to be the best school for law students who want to pursue a degree in North Carolina. Wake Forest University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Winston-Salem.

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The excellent programs at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best law schools in North Carolina. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.

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#3

Campbell University

Buies Creek, NC

The excellent programs at Campbell University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best law schools in North Carolina. Campbell is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the town of Buies Creek.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina Central University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Law Schools in North Carolina list. North Carolina Central University is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Durham.

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Best Law Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 879
Virginia 1,111
Florida 2,043
Tennessee 597
Kentucky 347
South Carolina 388
Louisiana 719
Arkansas 241
Alabama 305
Mississippi 236
West Virginia 104

More Law Rankings in North Carolina

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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