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2023 Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

6 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.

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The Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in the New England 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

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Our analysis found Harvard University to be the best school for legal professions students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the New England Region . Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

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#2

Vermont Law School

South Royalton, VT

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Vermont Law School is a great place for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. VLS is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of South Royalton.

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#3

Suffolk University

Boston, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Suffolk University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Suffolk is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

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#4

Champlain College

Burlington, VT

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Champlain College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in the New England Region . Champlain is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Burlington.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.

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University of Southern Maine ranked #6 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the small city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Explore the best legal professions schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 2,291
Rhode Island 153
Connecticut 552
New Hampshire 103
Maine 94
Vermont 344

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 6 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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