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2023 Most Popular Law Schools in New Jersey

3 Colleges
$59,501 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Law School for You

Law is one of the most popular subjects to study in New Jersey. With 610 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 8th 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. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 New Jersey ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in New Jersey 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 2023 rankings named Rutgers University - Newark the most popular school in New Jersey for law students. Rutgers Newark is a fairly large public school located in the city of Newark.

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#2

Seton Hall University

South Orange, NJ

The excellent programs at Seton Hall University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best law schools in New Jersey. Seton Hall is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of South Orange.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - Camden. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Law Schools in New Jersey list. Rutgers Camden is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Camden.

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Best Law Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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State Degrees Awarded
New York 4,025
Pennsylvania 1,586
Maryland 418
District of Columbia 1,954

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 3 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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