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2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in Georgia

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With 1,180 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal professions is the #17 most popular major in Georgia.

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 Master's Degree Schools in Georgia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Georgia to see which ones were the most popular master's degree 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 Master's Degree Colleges.

#1

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Our analysis found Emory University to be the most popular school for legal professions students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Georgia. Emory is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Atlanta.

Of the 70 students majoring in legal professions at Emory, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia list. Georgia State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Atlanta.

Of the 15 students majoring in legal professions at Georgia State, 60% are male and 40% are female.

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#2

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Georgia helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal professions schools in Georgia. Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 15 students majoring in legal professions at UGA, 13% are male and 87% are female.

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Explore all the Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 1,307
West Virginia 330
Florida 3,659
Virginia 2,055
Arkansas 284
Mississippi 439
South Carolina 526
Louisiana 936
Alabama 426
Kentucky 423
Tennessee 732

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 3 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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