2023 Best Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools
Finding the Best Legal Professions Master'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.
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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2023 Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the United States
Check out the legal professions master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top 15% Best Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 |
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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 |
Legal Professions by Region
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Rankings in Majors Related to Legal Professions
Legal Professions Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 |
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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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