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2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in West Virginia

12 Colleges
$42,099 Avg Salary
$24,913 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, 330 degrees and certificates were awarded to legal professions students who went to a West Virginia college or university. This makes it the #21 most popular major in the state.

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To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in West Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 12 schools in West Virginia 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Legal Professions Colleges.

Our analysis found American Public University System to be the most popular school for legal professions students who want to pursue a degree in West Virginia. American Military University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the fringe town of Charles Town.

Legal Professions majors at American Military University take out an average of $30,648 in student loans while working on their egree.

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#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

Out of the 12 schools in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia University landed the # 2 spot on the list. WVU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Morgantown.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend West Virginia Junior College - Morgantown. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in West Virginia list. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVJC Morgantown is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Legal Professions majors at WVJC Morgantown take out an average of $13,444 in student loans while working on their egree.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend West Virginia University at Parkersburg. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in West Virginia list. West Virginia University at Parkersburg is a small public school located in the suburb of Parkersburg.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Mountwest Community and Technical College is a great place for legal professions students. MCTC is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of Huntington.

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BridgeValley Community & Technical College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in West Virginia ranking. Located in the midsize suburb of South Charleston, BridgeValley Community & Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular legal professions programs. Blue Ridge Community and Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Martinsburg.

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Pierpont Community and Technical College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in West Virginia ranking. Located in the distant town of Fairmont, Pierpont Community and Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #9, Alderson Broaddus University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal professions students. Located in the distant town of Philippi, Alderson Broaddus University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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#10

Huntington Junior College

Huntington, WV

Huntington Junior College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular legal professions programs. Located in the small city of Huntington, Huntington Junior College is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 1,307
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 12 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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