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2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in Mississippi

15 Colleges
$46,296 Avg Salary
$25,038 Avg Student Debt

With 439 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal professions is the #20 most popular major in Mississippi.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in Mississippi ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in Mississippi to see which 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 .

#1

University of Mississippi

University, MS

Our 2023 rankings named University of Mississippi the most popular school in Mississippi for legal professions students. Ole Miss is a very large public school located in the town of University.

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#2

Mississippi College

Clinton, MS

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in Mississippi list. Located in the suburb of Clinton, MC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#3

Hinds Community College

Raymond, MS

Out of the 15 schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Hinds Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Hinds Community College is a fairly large public school located in the fringe town of Raymond.

Legal Professions majors at Hinds Community College take out an average of $26,318 in student loans while working on their egree.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in Mississippi list. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Perkinston.

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The excellent programs at Holmes Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in Mississippi. Located in the rural area of Goodman, Holmes Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #6, Itawamba Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal professions students. ICC is a small public school located in the remote town of Fulton.

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Northwest Mississippi Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for legal professions students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the distant town of Senatobia, NWCC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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University of Southern Mississippi landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular legal professions programs. Southern Miss is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Hattiesburg.

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Mississippi University for Women 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 town of Columbus, MUW is a public college with a small student population.

While working on their degree, legal professions majors at MUW accumulate an average of around $23,757 in student debt.

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Northeast Mississippi Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for legal professions students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the town of Booneville, Northeast Mississippi Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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Explore all the Most Popular Legal Professions Colleges 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
South Carolina 526
Tennessee 732
Louisiana 936
Alabama 426
Kentucky 423
Georgia 1,180

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 15 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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