2023 Best Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region
Finding the Best Legal Professions School for You
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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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best programs for students.
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2023 Best Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region
Check out the legal professions programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top New England Region Schools in Legal Professions
Our 2023 rankings named Harvard University the best school in the New England Region for legal professions students. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.
The excellent programs at Boston University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in the New England Region . Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
The excellent programs at Boston College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in the New England Region . Located in the small city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Roger Williams University School of Law. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region list. Roger Williams University School of Law is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bristol.
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Out of the 9 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Vermont Law School landed the # 5 spot on the list. VLS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote area of South Royalton.
Suffolk University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best legal professions programs. Suffolk is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.
Northeastern University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best legal professions programs. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
University of Connecticut did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for legal professions students. It came in at #8 on the list. UCONN is a very large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.
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University of Southern Maine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for legal professions students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Best Legal Professions Colleges by State
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 2,291 |
| Rhode Island | 153 |
| Connecticut | 552 |
| New Hampshire | 103 |
| Maine | 94 |
| Vermont | 344 |
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Legal Professions Majors to Study
| 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 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Legal Professions
| 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 9 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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