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2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools

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

With 45,189 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal professions is the #7 most popular major in the United States.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 81 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Legal Professions program at each school on the list.

Check out the legal professions graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

Our analysis found University of Southern California to be the most popular school for legal professions students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

Women make up 54% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Loyola University Chicago helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal professions schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 159 students majoring in legal professions at Loyola Chicago, 30% are male and 70% are female.

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#3

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

Out of the 81 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Diego landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of San Diego, USD is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 83% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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Out of the 81 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 59% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools list. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

Of the 85 students majoring in legal professions at WUSTL, 42% are male and 58% are female.

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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for legal professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 76 students majoring in legal professions at IUPUI, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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#7

St. Thomas University

Miami Gardens, FL

St. Thomas University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate legal professions programs. STU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Miami Gardens.

Women make up 63% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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#8

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

Temple University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate legal professions programs. Temple is a very large public school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

Of the 60 students majoring in legal professions at Temple, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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#9

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN

Hamline University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Hamline is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.

About 82% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 18% are male.

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#10

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

University of Utah did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for legal professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. U of U is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.

Of the 49 students majoring in legal professions at U of U, 57% are male and 43% are female.

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#11

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN

With a ranking of #11, Purdue University Global did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. Purdue University Global is a very large public school located in the small city of Indianapolis.

About 83% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 17% are male.

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#11

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

Loyola Marymount University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Loyola Marymount is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

Women make up 62% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools award.

Rank College Location
13 Vermont Law School South Royalton, VT
14 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT
15 University of Akron Main Campus Akron, OH
15 University of Arizona Tucson, AZ

View the Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 25 schools only.

  • 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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