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2023 Most Popular Law Schools in the Great Lakes Region

29 Colleges
$65,903 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Law School for You

With 36,216 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, law is the #4 most popular major in the United States.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Law Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 29 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Law program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Law Colleges.

Our analysis found Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School to be the most popular school for law students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . WMU-Cooley Law School is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lansing.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a great place for law students. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#3

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Law Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Law Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UIC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Chicago.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Law Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a very large student population.

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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Law Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Loyola University Chicago landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular law programs. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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Illinois Institute of Technology came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Law Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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#9

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Law Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the city of East Lansing.

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#10

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

University of Chicago did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for law students. It came in at #10 on the list. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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Best Law Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 1,285
Illinois 1,700
Ohio 1,015
Indiana 599
Wisconsin 463

Law is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Law

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 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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