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2023 Most Popular Law Schools in District of Columbia

6 Colleges
$78,399 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Law School for You

Law is one of the most popular subjects to study in District of Columbia. With 1,954 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Law Schools in District of Columbia ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in District of Columbia 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for law majors pursuing a .

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Our 2023 rankings named Georgetown University the most popular school in District of Columbia for law students. Georgetown is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Full Law at Georgetown University Report

The excellent programs at George Washington University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best law schools in District of Columbia. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Read full report on Law at George Washington University

#3

American University

Washington, DC

The excellent programs at American University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best law schools in District of Columbia. Located in the large city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Full Law at American University Report

#4

Howard University

Washington, DC

The excellent programs at Howard University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best law schools in District of Columbia. Howard is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Full Law at Howard University Report

The excellent programs at Catholic University of America helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best law schools in District of Columbia. Located in the large city of Washington, CUA is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Full Law at Catholic University of America Report

University of the District of Columbia came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Law Schools in District of Columbia ranking. University of the District of Columbia is a small public school located in the city of Washington.

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State Degrees Awarded
New York 4,025
Pennsylvania 1,586
Maryland 418
New Jersey 610

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

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 6 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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