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2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in North Carolina

31 Colleges
$45,674 Avg Salary
$31,875 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, 1,307 degrees and certificates were awarded to legal professions students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #20 most popular major in the state.

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.

The Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 31 schools in North Carolina 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 .

#1

Duke University

Durham, NC

Our analysis found Duke University to be the most popular school for legal professions students who want to pursue a degree in North Carolina. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#2

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

The excellent programs at Wake Forest University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in North Carolina. Located in the midsize city of Winston-Salem, Wake Forest University is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Out of the 31 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#4

Campbell University

Buies Creek, NC

Out of the 31 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Campbell University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the fringe town of Buies Creek, Campbell is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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#5

Elon University

Elon, NC

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Elon University is a great place for legal professions students. Elon is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Elon.

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North Carolina Central University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in the city of Durham, North Carolina Central University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #7, Forsyth Technical Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal professions students. Forsyth Tech is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Winston-Salem.

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Central Piedmont Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for legal professions students. It came in at #8 on the list. Central Piedmont Community College is a large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

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Coastal Carolina Community College 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 city of Jacksonville, Coastal Carolina Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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Guilford Technical Community College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular legal professions programs. Located in the midsize suburb of Jamestown, Guilford Technical Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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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
West Virginia 330
South Carolina 526
Florida 3,659
Virginia 2,055
Arkansas 284
Mississippi 439
Louisiana 936
Alabama 426
Kentucky 423
Georgia 1,180
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 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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