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2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

20 Colleges
$29,801 Avg Salary
$26,059 Avg Student Debt

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 20 schools in the New England Region to see which associate degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Legal Professions program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Legal Professions Associate Degree Colleges.

#1

Post University

Waterbury, CT

Our 2023 rankings named Post University the most popular school in the New England Region for legal professions students working on their associate degree. Post University is a large private for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Waterbury.

Of the 40 students majoring in legal professions at Post University, 8% are male and 93% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roger Williams University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 63% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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The in-demand associate degree programs at Community College of Rhode Island helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal professions schools in the New England Region . Located in the small city of Warwick, CCRI is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 27 students majoring in legal professions at CCRI, 7% are male and 93% are female.

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Out of the 20 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bunker Hill Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Boston, BHCC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 82% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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The in-demand associate degree programs at Mount Wachusett Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal professions schools in the New England Region . Located in the rural area of Gardner, MWCC is a public school with a small student population.

About 73% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 27% are male.

Full Legal Professions at Mount Wachusett Community College Report

North Shore Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. North Shore Community College is a small public school located in the suburb of Danvers.

About 90% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 10% are male.

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With a ranking of #7, Middlesex Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal professions students working on their associate degree. Middlesex Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Bedford.

Of the 8 students majoring in legal professions at Middlesex Community College, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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Manchester Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for legal professions students to get a associate degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the suburb of Manchester, MCC is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 7 students majoring in legal professions at MCC, 14% are male and 86% are female.

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Naugatuck Valley Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Naugatuck Valley Community College is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of Waterbury.

Women make up 67% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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#9

Bristol Community College

Fall River, MA

Bristol Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Fall River, Bristol is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

About 83% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 17% are male.

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Explore the best legal professions schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 110
Maine 104
Rhode Island 259
Massachusetts 2,570
Connecticut 682
Vermont 358

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 20 schools only.

  • 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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