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2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

19 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.

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 19 schools in the Great Lakes 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.

Check out the legal professions graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Great Lakes Region .

Our analysis found Loyola University Chicago to be the most popular school for legal professions students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

About 70% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 30% are male.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal professions schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public college with a very large student population.

About 61% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 39% are male.

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#3

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN

Out of the 19 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University Global landed the # 3 spot on the list. Purdue University Global is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Indianapolis.

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

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Out of the 19 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Akron Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Akron, University of Akron Main Campus is a public college with a large student population.

Of the 29 students majoring in legal professions at University of Akron Main Campus, 66% are male and 34% are female.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Madison Area Technical College is a great place for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. Madison College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

Women make up 82% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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#6

Capital University

Columbus, OH

Capital University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Capital is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Columbus.

About 64% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 36% are male.

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#6

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

About 36% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 64% are male.

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#8

Davenport University

Grand Rapids, MI

Davenport University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Davenport University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Grand Rapids.

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

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#9

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH

Cleveland State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Cleveland State University is a large public school located in the large city of Cleveland.

Women make up 40% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a very large student population.

About 60% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 40% are male.

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State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 1,257
Michigan 1,654
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 19 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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