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Most Popular Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

14 Colleges
$29,075 Avg Salary
$20,374 Avg Student Debt

Legal Professions is the #16 most popular major in Illinois with 2,648 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 14 schools in Illinois to see which ones were the most popular undergraduate certificate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

College of Lake County

Grayslake, IL

Our analysis found College of Lake County to be the most popular school for legal professions students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Illinois. Located in the large suburb of Grayslake, College of Lake County is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 77% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 23% are male.

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#2

College of DuPage

Glen Ellyn, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of DuPage. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. COD is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Glen Ellyn.

About 82% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 18% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stautzenberger College - Rockford Career College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Stautzenberger College - Rockford Career College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Rockford.

Of the 17 students majoring in legal professions at Stautzenberger College - Rockford Career College, 12% are male and 88% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lewis and Clark Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Lewis and Clark Community College is a small public school located in the small suburb of Godfrey.

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#5

Illinois Central College

East Peoria, IL

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Illinois Central College is a great place for legal professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. ICC is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of East Peoria.

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#6

South Suburban College

South Holland, IL

South Suburban College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. SSC is a small public school located in the suburb of South Holland.

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#7

Joliet Junior College

Joliet, IL

Joliet Junior College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. Joliet Junior College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Joliet.

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Moraine Valley Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. MVCC is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Palos Hills.

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#9

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for legal professions students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

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Kankakee Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for legal professions students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Kankakee Community College is a small public school located in the small city of Kankakee.

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

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 1,257
Michigan 1,654
Ohio 1,634
Wisconsin 748

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 14 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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