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2023 Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

7 Colleges
$49,849 Avg Salary
$24,990 Avg Student Debt

Legal Professions is the #16 most popular major in the country with 61,055 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate 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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Check out the legal professions graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

#1

Hodges University

Naples, FL

Our 2023 rankings named Hodges University the best school in the Southeast Region for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Naples, International College is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Tulane University of Louisiana helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in the Southeast Region . Tulane is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New Orleans.

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#3

Sullivan University

Louisville, KY

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Sullivan University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Louisville, Sullivan University is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#5

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UARK is a very large public school located in the city of Fayetteville.

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#6

University of Mississippi

University, MS

University of Mississippi landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate legal professions programs. Ole Miss is a fairly large public school located in the town of University.

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#7

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Nova Southeastern University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate legal professions programs. NUS Florida is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale.

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Explore the best legal professions colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 1,307
West Virginia 330
South Carolina 526
Florida 3,659
Virginia 2,055
Arkansas 284
Mississippi 439
Louisiana 936
Alabama 426
Kentucky 423
Georgia 1,180
Tennessee 732

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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