2023 Best Legal Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region
Finding the Best Legal Professions Bachelor's Degree School for You
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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Legal Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in the New England Region 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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2023 Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Legal Professions Bachelor's Degree Colleges.
Top New England Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Legal Professions
Our analysis found Roger Williams University to be the best school for legal professions students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Suffolk University is a great place for legal professions students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Boston, Suffolk is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Post University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Post University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the suburb of Waterbury.
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Out of the 6 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Quinnipiac University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in the New England Region . Quinnipiac is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hamden.
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Champlain College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree legal professions programs. Located in the small city of Burlington, Champlain is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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Explore the best legal professions colleges for a specific state in the New England region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 110 |
| Maine | 104 |
| Rhode Island | 259 |
| Massachusetts | 2,570 |
| Connecticut | 682 |
| Vermont | 358 |
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Rankings in Majors Related to Legal Professions
Legal Professions Majors to Study
| 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 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Legal Professions
| 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 6 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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