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Best Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Best Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

7 Colleges
$29,075 Avg Salary
$20,374 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the Southeast Region to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences 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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The following schools top our list of the Best Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found Clayton State University to be the best school for legal professions students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Clayton State University is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Morrow.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Central Piedmont Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in the Southeast Region . Central Piedmont Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Greenville Technical College is a great place for legal professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. GTC is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Greenville.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tidewater Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Norfolk, Tidewater Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend West Virginia Junior College - Morgantown. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVJC Morgantown is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Gwinnett College - Lilburn came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Gwinnett College - Lilburn is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Lilburn.

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Eastern Kentucky University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal professions students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the town of Richmond, Eastern is a public school with a large student population.

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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
Mississippi 439
South Carolina 526
Florida 3,659
Virginia 2,055
Arkansas 284
Alabama 426
Kentucky 423
Georgia 1,180
Tennessee 732
Louisiana 936

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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