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2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

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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 Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 33 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which master's degree programs were the most popular 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 master's degree.

Our analysis found University of Southern California to be the most popular school for legal professions students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Far Western US Region . USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Of the 215 students majoring in legal professions at USC, 44% are male and 56% are female.

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#2

Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pepperdine University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Pepperdine is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Malibu.

Of the 139 students majoring in legal professions at Pepperdine, 20% are male and 80% are female.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of California - Berkeley helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal professions schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 55% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means California Western School of Law is a great place for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. California Western is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

Women make up 48% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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Out of the 33 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. UW Seattle is a very large public school located in the city of Seattle.

Of the 100 students majoring in legal professions at UW Seattle, 36% are male and 64% are female.

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#6

Trinity Law School

Santa Ana, CA

Trinity Law School did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for legal professions students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Trinity Law School is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Santa Ana.

Of the 72 students majoring in legal professions at Trinity Law School, 29% are male and 71% are female.

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University of California - Los Angeles landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree legal professions programs. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 49 students majoring in legal professions at UCLA, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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#8

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

University of San Diego came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the city of San Diego, USD is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 42 students majoring in legal professions at USD, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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University of California - Davis landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree legal professions programs. Located in the small suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public college with a very large student population.

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

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#10

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

University of San Francisco ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. USFCA is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.

Of the 32 students majoring in legal professions at USFCA, 53% are male and 47% are female.

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Explore the best legal professions schools 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 26 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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