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

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In 2020-2021, 732 degrees and certificates were awarded to legal professions students who went to a Tennessee college or university. This makes it the #20 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Tennessee 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 Tennessee.

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Our analysis found Vanderbilt University to be the most popular school for legal professions students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Tennessee. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.

About 53% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 47% are male.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal professions schools in Tennessee. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.

Women make up 45% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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#3

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list. Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 60% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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#4

Belmont University

Nashville, TN

Out of the 5 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Belmont University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Belmont is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.

Women make up 62% of the legal professions majors at the school.

Full Legal Professions at Belmont University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lincoln Memorial University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list. Located in the distant town of Harrogate, LMU is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 80 students majoring in legal professions at LMU, 49% are male and 51% are female.

Read full report on Legal Professions at Lincoln Memorial University

Explore all the Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 1,307
West Virginia 330
Florida 3,659
Virginia 2,055
Arkansas 284
Mississippi 439
South Carolina 526
Louisiana 936
Alabama 426
Kentucky 423
Georgia 1,180

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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More about our data sources and methodologies.

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