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2023 Best Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

19 Colleges
$60,062 Avg Salary

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 19 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree 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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Check out the legal professions master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

#1

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Our 2023 rankings named University of Chicago the best school in the Great Lakes Region for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.

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#3

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Notre Dame. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Notre Dame is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Notre Dame.

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#4

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great place for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Loyola University Chicago is a great place for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison ranked #6 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

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With a ranking of #7, Illinois Institute of Technology did quite well on this year’s best schools for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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Case Western Reserve University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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Indiana University - Bloomington did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal professions students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #10, Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Columbus.

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Explore the best legal professions colleges 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 19 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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