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2023 Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

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

Legal Professions is one of the most popular subjects to study in New Jersey. With 733 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.

The Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in New Jersey 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

Seton Hall University

South Orange, NJ

Our analysis found Seton Hall University to be the best school for legal professions students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in New Jersey. Seton Hall is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of South Orange.

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#2

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montclair State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public school with a very large student population.

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State Degrees Awarded
New York 4,768
Pennsylvania 2,017
Maryland 497
District of Columbia 2,497
Delaware 0

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 2 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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