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2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

17 Colleges
$65,077 Avg Salary

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

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the New England Region to see which doctor's 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Colleges.

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Our analysis found Harvard University to be the most popular school for legal professions students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the New England Region . Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 49% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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#2

Suffolk University

Boston, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Suffolk University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large city of Boston, Suffolk is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 340 students majoring in legal professions at Suffolk, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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#3

Boston University

Boston, MA

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

Of the 282 students majoring in legal professions at Boston U, 38% are male and 62% are female.

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#4

Yale University

New Haven, CT

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Yale University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal professions schools in the New England Region . Located in the medium-sized city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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

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#5

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Boston College is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chestnut Hill.

Of the 228 students majoring in legal professions at Boston College, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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Northeastern University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree legal professions programs. Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

Women make up 65% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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#7

Vermont Law School

South Royalton, VT

Vermont Law School 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 #7 on the list. Located in the remote area of South Royalton, VLS is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 50% are male.

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With a ranking of #8, New England Law - Boston did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. New England Law is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

Women make up 64% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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Roger Williams University School of Law 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 #9 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Bristol, Roger Williams University School of Law is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 58% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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University of Connecticut came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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Explore the best legal professions colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 110
Maine 104
Rhode Island 259
Massachusetts 2,570
Connecticut 682
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 17 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.

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