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2023 Most Popular Law Schools in New Jersey

3 Colleges
$59,501 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Law 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 Schools in New Jersey ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in New Jersey to see which ones were the most popular 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for law majors pursuing a .

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

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#2

Seton Hall University

South Orange, NJ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seton Hall University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Law Schools in New Jersey list. Seton Hall is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of South Orange.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Rutgers University - Camden is a great place for law students. Rutgers Camden is a medium-sized public school located in the city of 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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