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Best Legal Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York

2023 Best Legal Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York

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

With 5,735 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal professions is the #14 most popular major in New York.

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The Best Legal Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 7 schools in New York to see which ones offered the best bachelor's degree programs 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

SUNY Canton

Canton, NY

Our 2023 rankings named SUNY Canton the best school in New York for legal professions students working on their bachelor’s degree. SUNY Canton is a small public school located in the remote town of Canton.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New York City College of Technology. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the city of Brooklyn, City Tech is a public college with a large student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means John Jay College of Criminal Justice is a great place for legal professions students working on their bachelor’s degree. John Jay is a fairly large public school located in the city of New York.

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#4

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University at Buffalo. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York list. University at Buffalo is a very large public school located in the suburb of Buffalo.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend St John’s University - New York. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York list. STJ is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Queens.

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#6

Mercy College

Dobbs Ferry, NY

Mercy College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York ranking. Located in the suburb of Dobbs Ferry, Mercy is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Berkeley College - New York ranked #7 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the city of New York, Berkeley College - New York is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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Explore all the Best Legal Professions Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 931
Pennsylvania 2,391
Maryland 761
Delaware 48
District of Columbia 2,586

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 7 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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