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2023 Best Legal Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools

98 Colleges
$36,390 Avg Salary
$35,839 Avg Student Debt

Legal Professions is the #16 most popular major in the country with 61,055 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

The Best Legal Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 98 schools in the United States to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Legal Professions Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in the United States for legal professions students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Out of the 98 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#3

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

Out of the 98 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the # 3 spot on the list. U Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Coral Gables.

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Out of the 98 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, California University of Pennsylvania landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small suburb of California, Cal U is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston - Clear Lake. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Houston, UH Clear Lake is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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University of California - Berkeley landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree legal professions programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a very large student population.

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#7

Bellevue University

Bellevue, NE

With a ranking of #7, Bellevue University did quite well on this year’s best schools for legal professions students working on their bachelor’s degree. Bellevue University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bellevue.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison ranked #8 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a very large student population.

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American Public University System landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree legal professions programs. American Military University is a very large private for-profit school located in the town of Charles Town.

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#10

American University

Washington, DC

American University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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#11

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

Temple University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal professions students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #11 on the list. Temple is a very large public school located in the city of Philadelphia.

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University of Washington - Tacoma Campus landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree legal professions programs. Located in the city of Tacoma, UW Tacoma is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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#13

Roosevelt University

Chicago, IL

With a ranking of #13, Roosevelt University did quite well on this year’s best schools for legal professions students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Chicago, Roosevelt is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #14, University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for legal professions students working on their bachelor’s degree. UW Seattle is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Seattle.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great schools for Legal Professions students that almost earned our Best Legal Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
15 Hamline University Saint Paul, MN
16 Herzing University - Akron Akron, OH
17 Herzing University - Kenner Kenner, LA
18 Hodges University Naples, FL
19 University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi, MD

View the Best Legal Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Major Annual Graduates
Law 36,216
Legal Support Services 11,545
Legal Research 6,874
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 4,407
Legal Professions (Other) 2,013

Related Major Annual Graduates
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting 142,610
Public Administration & Social Service 98,583
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies 73,813
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences 4,477

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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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