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2023 Best Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

4 Colleges
$60,062 Avg Salary

Legal Professions is the #16 most popular major in Illinois with 2,648 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Illinois 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

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in Illinois for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Loyola Chicago 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 Illinois Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in Illinois. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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#4

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 1,257
Michigan 1,654
Ohio 1,634
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 4 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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