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2023 Best Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

25 Colleges
$65,077 Avg Salary

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

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To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 25 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for legal professions majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in the Great Lakes Region for legal professions students working on their doctor’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

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#4

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

Out of the 25 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Notre Dame landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree legal professions programs. WMU-Cooley Law School is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Lansing.

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Illinois Institute of Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#8

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI

Marquette University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Marquette is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Milwaukee.

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Indiana University - Bloomington came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Bloomington.

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Case Western Reserve University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Case Western is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Cleveland.

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Explore the best legal professions schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 1,257
Michigan 1,654
Ohio 1,634
Illinois 2,648
Wisconsin 748

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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