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Best Legal Professions Schools in North Carolina

2023 Best Legal Professions Schools in North Carolina

7 Colleges
$45,674 Avg Salary
$31,875 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, 1,307 degrees and certificates were awarded to legal professions students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #20 most popular major in the state.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Legal Professions Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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Check out the legal professions programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

#1

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

Our analysis found Wake Forest University to be the best school for legal professions students who want to pursue a degree in North Carolina. Located in the city of Winston-Salem, Wake Forest University is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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The excellent programs at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in North Carolina. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public college with a very large student population.

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The excellent programs at Central Piedmont Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in North Carolina. Central Piedmont Community College is a large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

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#4

Campbell University

Buies Creek, NC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Campbell University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the fringe town of Buies Creek, Campbell is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Out of the 7 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Miller-Motte College Raleigh landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Raleigh, MMC Raleigh is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Legal Professions majors at MMC Raleigh take out an average of $32,297 in student loans while working on their egree.

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North Carolina Central University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for legal professions students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Durham, North Carolina Central University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Guilford Technical Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Legal Professions Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Jamestown, Guilford Technical Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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State Degrees Awarded
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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