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2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in Illinois

40 Colleges
$64,216 Avg Salary
$22,519 Avg Student Debt

Legal Professions is the #16 most popular major in Illinois with 2,648 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 40 schools in Illinois to see which ones were the most popular 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for legal professions majors pursuing a .

Our analysis found Loyola University Chicago to be the most popular school for legal professions students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

After completing their degree, legal professions graduates from Loyola Chicago carry an average student debt load of $32,545.

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#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in Illinois list. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

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The excellent programs at University of Illinois at Chicago helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in Illinois. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a very large student population.

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Out of the 40 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the # 4 spot on the list. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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#5

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#6

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

DePaul University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular legal professions programs. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in Illinois list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

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Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular legal professions programs. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

While working on their degree, legal professions majors at SIUC accumulate an average of around $26,500 in student debt.

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Northern Illinois University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for legal professions students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#10

College of Lake County

Grayslake, IL

With a ranking of #10, College of Lake County did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal professions students. Located in the suburb of Grayslake, College of Lake County is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Explore all the Most Popular Legal Professions Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 1,257
Michigan 1,654
Ohio 1,634
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 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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