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2023 Most Popular Law Schools in Illinois

9 Colleges
$81,339 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Law School for You

With 1,700 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, law is the #22 most popular major in Illinois.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Law Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Illinois to see which programs were the most popular 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 Colleges.

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our analysis found Northwestern University to be the most popular school for law students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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The excellent programs at University of Illinois at Chicago helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best law schools in Illinois. UIC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chicago.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University Chicago. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Law Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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Out of the 9 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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#5

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

The excellent programs at University of Chicago helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best law schools in Illinois. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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#6

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

DePaul University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Law Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Law Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #8, Northern Illinois University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for law students. NIU is a large public school located in the suburb of Dekalb.

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With a ranking of #9, Southern Illinois University Carbondale did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for law students. SIUC is a large public school located in the small city of Carbondale.

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 1,285
Ohio 1,015
Indiana 599
Wisconsin 463

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

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 9 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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