2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes 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.
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The Most Popular Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 29 schools in the Great Lakes 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.
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2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Legal Professions Master's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Northwestern University to be the most popular school for legal professions students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Women make up 51% of the legal professions majors at the school.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
About 76% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 24% are male.
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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Case Western Reserve University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal professions schools in the Great Lakes Region . Case Western is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Cleveland.
Of the 80 students majoring in legal professions at Case Western, 55% are male and 45% are female.
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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Purdue University Global helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal professions schools in the Great Lakes Region . Purdue University Global is a very large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.
About 82% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 18% are male.
Out of the 29 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Dayton landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Dayton, UDayton is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
Women make up 58% of the legal professions majors at the school.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 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. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a very large student population.
Women make up 62% of the legal professions majors at the school.
With a ranking of #7, DePaul University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Of the 39 students majoring in legal professions at DePaul, 49% are male and 51% are female.
Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree legal professions programs. Located in the city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
About 65% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 35% are male.
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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 67% of the legal professions majors at the school.
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Michigan State University 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 #10 on the list. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the city of East Lansing.
Women make up 67% of the legal professions majors at the school.
Best Legal Professions Colleges by State
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Indiana | 1,257 |
| Michigan | 1,654 |
| Ohio | 1,634 |
| Illinois | 2,648 |
| Wisconsin | 748 |
Legal Professions Related Majors
Legal Professions Majors to Study
| 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 |
Majors Similar to Legal Professions
| 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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