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2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

2 Colleges
$36,390 Avg Salary
$35,839 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, legal professions students earned 2,586 degrees and certificates from a District of Columbia school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Most Popular Legal Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones were the most popular bachelor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Legal Professions program at each school on the list.

Check out the legal professions bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in District of Columbia.

#1

American University

Washington, DC

Our 2023 rankings named American University the most popular school in District of Columbia for legal professions students working on their bachelor’s degree. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Of the 51 students majoring in legal professions at The American University, 35% are male and 65% are female.

Full Legal Professions at American University Report

Out of the 2 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the District of Columbia landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Washington, University of the District of Columbia is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 73% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 931
Pennsylvania 2,391
New York 5,735
Maryland 761
Delaware 48

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 2 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to The wub.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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