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2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

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

Legal Professions is one of the most popular subjects to study in New York. With 4,768 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 7th out of all the majors we track in the state.

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The Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in New York ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in New York to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for legal professions majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named The Graduate Center, CUNY the most popular school in New York for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. The Graduate Center is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of New York.

Of the 17 students majoring in legal professions at The Graduate Center, 29% are male and 71% are female.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Columbia University in the City of New York is a great place for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 60% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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#3

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

Out of the 7 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Syracuse University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Syracuse is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Syracuse.

About 67% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 33% are male.

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#4

Albany Law School

Albany, NY

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Albany Law School is a great place for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Albany, Albany Law is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 80% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St John’s University - New York. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. Located in the city of Queens, STJ is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 33% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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#6

New York Law School

New York, NY

New York Law School came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in New York ranking. New York Law School is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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#6

New York University

New York, NY

New York University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in New York ranking. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 2,017
Maryland 497
New Jersey 733
District of Columbia 2,497
Delaware 0

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 7 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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