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2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools

81 Colleges
$49,849 Avg Salary
$24,990 Avg Student Debt

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 Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 81 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate 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 graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

Our analysis found University of Southern California to be the most popular school for legal professions students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Women make up 54% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Loyola University Chicago is a great place for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 159 students majoring in legal professions at Loyola Chicago, 30% are male and 70% are female.

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#3

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

Out of the 81 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Diego landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of San Diego, USD is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 83% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Arizona State University - Tempe is a great place for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 59% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools list. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

Of the 85 students majoring in legal professions at WUSTL, 42% are male and 58% are female.

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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate legal professions programs. Located in the city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 76 students majoring in legal professions at IUPUI, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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#7

St. Thomas University

Miami Gardens, FL

St. Thomas University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate legal professions programs. STU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Miami Gardens.

Women make up 63% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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#8

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

With a ranking of #8, Temple University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. Temple is a very large public school located in the city of Philadelphia.

Of the 60 students majoring in legal professions at Temple, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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#9

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN

Hamline University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Hamline is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.

About 82% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 18% are male.

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#10

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

University of Utah ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools list. U of U is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.

Of the 49 students majoring in legal professions at U of U, 57% are male and 43% are female.

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#11

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

With a ranking of #11, Loyola Marymount University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. Loyola Marymount is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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

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#11

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN

Purdue University Global came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Purdue University Global is a very large public school located in the small city of Indianapolis.

About 83% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 17% are male.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools award.

Rank College Location
13 Vermont Law School South Royalton, VT
14 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT
15 University of Akron Main Campus Akron, OH
15 University of Arizona Tucson, AZ

View the Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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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