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Most Popular Non-Professional Legal Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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2023 Most Popular Non-Professional Legal Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Non-Professional General Legal Studies is the #181 most popular major in the country with 444 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 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Non-Professional Legal Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Non-Professional General Legal Studies program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for non-professional general legal studies majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our analysis found Ohio University - Athens Campus to be the most popular school for non-professional general legal studies students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . OHIO Athens is a very large public school located in the distant town of Athens.

Women make up 72% of the non-professional general legal studies majors at the school.

Full Non-Professional General Legal Studies at Ohio University - Athens Campus Report

Out of the 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Springfield landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Springfield, UIS is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 55% of the non-professional general legal studies majors at the school.

Read full report on Non-Professional General Legal Studies at University of Illinois at Springfield

#3

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great place for non-professional general legal studies students working on their master’s degree. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

Of the 4 students majoring in non-professional general legal studies at Northwestern, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Full Non-Professional General Legal Studies at Northwestern University Report

#4

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Michigan State University is a great place for non-professional general legal studies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 50% of the non-professional general legal studies majors at the school.

Read full report on Non-Professional General Legal Studies at Michigan State University

Explore the best non-professional general legal studies schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 2
Illinois 15
Ohio 18

Non-Professional General Legal Studies is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Law 36,216
Legal Research 6,659
Legal Professions (Other) 1,424
Legal Support Services 446

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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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