2023 Best Law Schools in the New England Region
Finding the Best Law School for You
In 2020-2021, 36,216 law students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #4 most popular in the country.
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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Law Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 11 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best programs for students.
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2023 Best Law Schools in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Law Colleges.
Top 10 Best Law Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Harvard University the best school in the New England Region for law students. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Law Schools in the New England Region list. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Law Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the small city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New England Law - Boston. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Law Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Boston, New England Law is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The excellent programs at Roger Williams University School of Law helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best law schools in the New England Region . Roger Williams University School of Law is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bristol.
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Quinnipiac University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Law Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
Suffolk University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for law students. It came in at #7 on the list. Suffolk is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
Vermont Law School landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best law programs. VLS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of South Royalton.
Northeastern University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Law Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
University of Connecticut ranked #10 on this year’s Best Law Schools in the New England Region list. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.
Best Law Colleges by State
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 1,998 |
| Connecticut | 458 |
| Rhode Island | 150 |
| New Hampshire | 86 |
| Maine | 81 |
| Vermont | 165 |
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Law Related Rankings by Major
One of 4 majors within the area of study, law has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Legal Research | 6,659 |
| Legal Professions (Other) | 1,424 |
| Legal Support Services | 446 |
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies | 444 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 11 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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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