2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in the Great Lakes 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.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 38 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which 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.
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2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Check out the legal professions programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Great Lakes Region .
Top 10 Most Popular Legal Professions Schools
Our analysis found Loyola University Chicago to be the most popular school for legal professions students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
Out of the 38 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Lansing, WMU-Cooley Law School is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.
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The excellent programs at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in the Great Lakes Region . IUPUI is a very large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.
University of Illinois at Chicago came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
With a ranking of #7, University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal professions students. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.
Illinois Institute of Technology ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
Case Western Reserve University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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With a ranking of #10, Michigan State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal professions students. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Best Legal Professions Colleges by State
Explore the best legal professions schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 2,368 |
| Indiana | 884 |
| Ohio | 1,272 |
| Wisconsin | 505 |
| Michigan | 1,373 |
Majors Related to Legal Professions
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 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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