2023 Most Popular Online Law Schools
Finding the Most Popular Online Law School for You
In 2020-2021, 36,216 people earned a degree or certificate in law, making the major the #28 most popular in the United States.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Most Popular Online Law Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the United States to see which online programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
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2023 Most Popular Online Law Schools in the United States
Check out the online law programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.
Most Popular Online Schools in Law
Our analysis found Washington and Lee University to be the most popular school for law students who want to pursue an online degree in the United States. Located in the distant town of Lexington, Washington and Lee is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Westcliff University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Law Schools list. Located in the city of Irvine, Westcliff University is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Taft University System. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Law Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denver, Taft Law School is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
The excellent online programs at Purdue University Global helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best law schools in the United States. Located in the city of Indianapolis, Purdue University Global is a public college with a fairly large student population.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Abraham Lincoln University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Law Schools list. Abraham Lincoln University is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Los Angeles.
Northcentral University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Law Schools list. Northcentral University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.
Most Popular Online Law by Region
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Majors Related to Law
One of 4 majors within the area of study, law has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Law
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 6 schools only.
- 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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