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2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Legal Professions is the #16 most popular major in the country with 61,055 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 29 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular doctor'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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for legal professions majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. WMU-Cooley Law School is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Lansing.

Women make up 61% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal professions schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 51% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 49% are male.

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#3

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

About 55% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 45% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UIC is a very large public school located in the city of Chicago.

About 55% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 45% are male.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - Madison is a great place for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 271 students majoring in legal professions at UW - Madison, 49% are male and 51% are female.

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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for legal professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 235 students majoring in legal professions at IUPUI, 53% are male and 47% are female.

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Loyola University Chicago ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 61% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 39% are male.

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Illinois Institute of Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for legal professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 226 students majoring in legal professions at Illinois Tech, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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#9

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.

Of the 216 students majoring in legal professions at Michigan State, 47% are male and 53% are female.

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#10

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

University of Chicago came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

About 45% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 55% are male.

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Explore the best legal professions schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 1,257
Michigan 1,654
Ohio 1,634
Illinois 2,648
Wisconsin 748

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 25 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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