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2023 Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

11 Colleges
$49,849 Avg Salary
$24,990 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, 45,189 legal professions students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #7 most popular in the country.

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.

The Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for legal professions majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in the Great Lakes Region for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison.

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#4

Davenport University

Grand Rapids, MI

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Davenport University is a great place for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Grand Rapids, Davenport University is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Indiana University - Bloomington helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#6

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN

Purdue University Global ranked #6 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of Indianapolis, Purdue University Global is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis did quite well on this year’s best schools for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

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#8

Capital University

Columbus, OH

Capital University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Columbus, Capital is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a very large student population.

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University of Akron Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. University of Akron Main Campus is a large public school located in the city of Akron.

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Explore the best legal professions schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 2,368
Indiana 884
Ohio 1,272
Wisconsin 505
Michigan 1,373

Major Annual Graduates
Law 36,216
Legal Research 6,659
Legal Professions (Other) 1,424
Legal Support Services 446
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 444

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Administration & Social Service 53,252
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting 13,045
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies 10,452
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences 1,613

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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