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2023 Best Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools

134 Colleges
$60,062 Avg Salary

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 134 schools in the United States to see which master'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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Check out the legal professions master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

#1

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Our 2023 rankings named University of Chicago the best school in the United States for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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#2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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Out of the 134 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. University of Virginia is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Charlottesville.

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#4

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

The excellent master’s degree programs at Georgetown University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in the United States. Georgetown is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

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#5

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Stanford University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools list. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

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#6

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Harvard University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#7

New York University

New York, NY

New York University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #8, Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well on this year’s best schools for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #9 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #10, University of California - Berkeley did quite well on this year’s best schools for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#11

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Vanderbilt University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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California University of Pennsylvania did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal professions students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #12 on the list. Located in the suburb of California, Cal U is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#13

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal professions students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #13 on the list. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a very large student population.

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American Public University System ranked #14 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools list. American Military University is a very large private for-profit school located in the town of Charles Town.

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#15

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

University of Notre Dame did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal professions students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #15 on the list. Located in the suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#16

Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston University landed the #16 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree legal professions programs. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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#17

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal professions students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #17 on the list. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#18

George Washington University

Washington, DC

With a ranking of #18, George Washington University did quite well on this year’s best schools for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

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With a ranking of #19, Loyola University Chicago did quite well on this year’s best schools for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#20

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

University of San Diego ranked #20 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of San Diego, USD is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
21 Fordham University Bronx, NY
22 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX
23 Hamline University Saint Paul, MN
24 University of California - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
25 Widener University Chester, PA
26 Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ

View the Best Legal Professions Master'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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