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2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

5 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.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Southwest Region 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for legal professions majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Tempe the most popular school in the Southwest Region for legal professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 85 students majoring in legal professions at ASU - Tempe, 41% are male and 59% are female.

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#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Arizona helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal professions schools in the Southwest Region . University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the city of Tucson.

Of the 29 students majoring in legal professions at University of Arizona, 17% are male and 83% are female.

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#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Texas State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal professions schools in the Southwest Region . Texas State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of San Marcos.

Of the 26 students majoring in legal professions at Texas State, 8% are male and 92% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Norman.

About 14% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 86% are male.

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#5

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St. Mary’s University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of San Antonio, St. Mary's is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Explore the best legal professions schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 955
Texas 2,357
Oklahoma 632
New Mexico 108

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 5 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to The wub.

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