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2023 Most Popular Law Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey

3 Colleges
$65,084 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Law Doctor's Degree School for You

Law is the #40 most popular major in New Jersey with 610 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Law Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in New Jersey to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Law program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Law Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found Rutgers University - Newark to be the most popular school for law students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in New Jersey. Rutgers Newark is a large public school located in the city of Newark.

Women make up 51% of the law majors at the school.

Full Law at Rutgers University - Newark Report

#2

Seton Hall University

South Orange, NJ

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Seton Hall University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular law schools in New Jersey. Seton Hall is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of South Orange.

About 48% of the students majoring in law at the school are women while 52% are male.

Read full report on Law at Seton Hall University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - Camden. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list. Rutgers Camden is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Camden.

About 48% of the students majoring in law at the school are women while 52% are male.

Read full report on Law at Rutgers University - Camden

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State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 1,586
New York 4,025
Maryland 418
District of Columbia 1,954

Law is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Law

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 3 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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