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2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, legal professions was ranked 6th in California. In fact, 5,637 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in California 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern California the most popular school in California for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

About 54% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 46% are male.

Full Legal Professions at University of Southern California Report

#2

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of San Diego. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. USD is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.

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

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#3

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

Out of the 4 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola Marymount University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

About 62% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 38% are male.

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Out of the 4 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Golden Gate University - San Francisco landed the # 4 spot on the list. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.

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Explore all the Most Popular Legal Professions Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 622
Oregon 434
Nevada 187
Hawaii 116
Alaska 3

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 4 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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More about our data sources and methodologies.

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