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Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

5 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Far Western US Region 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern California the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. USC is a very 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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#2

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

Out of the 5 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Diego landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large 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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#3

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Loyola Marymount University is a great place for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. Loyola Marymount is a fairly 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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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Alaska Anchorage is a great place for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. UAA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Anchorage.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Golden Gate University - San Francisco. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of San Francisco, Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Explore the best legal professions colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 6,896
Washington 892
Oregon 506
Hawaii 128
Nevada 265
Alaska 32

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to The wub.

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