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2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

9 Colleges
$65,077 Avg Salary

Legal Professions is the #16 most popular major in Illinois with 2,648 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in Illinois 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.

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

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the most popular school in Illinois for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

Of the 296 students majoring in legal professions at Northwestern, 45% are male and 55% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 285 students majoring in legal professions at UIC, 45% are male and 55% are female.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Loyola University Chicago helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal professions schools in Illinois. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Of the 233 students majoring in legal professions at Loyola Chicago, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois Institute of Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Women make up 50% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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#5

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Chicago helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal professions schools in Illinois. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 213 students majoring in legal professions at UChicago, 55% are male and 45% are female.

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#6

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

With a ranking of #6, DePaul University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree legal professions programs. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

Of the 122 students majoring in legal professions at UIUC, 57% are male and 43% are female.

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Northern Illinois University 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 suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 73 students majoring in legal professions at NIU, 48% are male and 52% are female.

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Southern Illinois University Carbondale ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a large student population.

About 52% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 48% are male.

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Explore all the Most Popular Legal Professions Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 1,257
Michigan 1,654
Ohio 1,634
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 9 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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