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2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut

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

Legal Professions is the #15 most popular major in Connecticut with 682 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Connecticut 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for legal professions majors pursuing a associate degree.

#1

Post University

Waterbury, CT

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

About 93% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 8% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Manchester Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut list. Located in the suburb of Manchester, MCC is a public school with a small student population.

About 86% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 14% are male.

Full Legal Professions at Manchester Community College Report

The in-demand associate degree programs at Norwalk Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal professions schools in Connecticut. Located in the city of Norwalk, NCC is a public school with a small student population.

About 67% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 33% are male.

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Out of the 6 schools in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Naugatuck Valley Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Naugatuck Valley Community College is a small public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Waterbury.

Of the 6 students majoring in legal professions at Naugatuck Valley Community College, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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#5

University of Hartford

West Hartford, CT

The in-demand associate degree programs at University of Hartford helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal professions schools in Connecticut. Located in the midsize city of West Hartford, UHart is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#6

University of New Haven

West Haven, CT

University of New Haven came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking. Located in the large suburb of West Haven, University of New Haven is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Full Legal Professions at University of New Haven Report

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State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 110
Maine 104
Rhode Island 259
Massachusetts 2,570
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 6 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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