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

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$65,077 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 1,654 degrees and certificates were awarded to legal professions students who went to a Michigan college or university. This makes it the #17 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 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 Michigan ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Michigan 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 analysis found Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School to be the most popular school for legal professions students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Michigan. WMU-Cooley Law School is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Lansing.

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

Full Legal Professions at Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School Report

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 Michigan. 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

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Michigan State University is a great place for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the 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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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Detroit Mercy is a great place for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Detroit Mercy is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Detroit.

Women make up 55% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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#5

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Wayne State University is a great place for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Wayne State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Detroit.

About 54% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 46% are male.

Read full report on Legal Professions at Wayne State University

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
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 5 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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