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2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in California

25 Colleges
$60,062 Avg Salary

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.

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The Most Popular Legal Professions Master's Degree Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 25 schools in California to see which master's degree 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Legal Professions Master's Degree Colleges.

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

Women make up 56% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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#2

Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA

Out of the 25 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Pepperdine University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Malibu, Pepperdine is a private not-for-profit school with a large 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 University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in California list. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the city of Berkeley.

About 55% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 45% are male.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at California Western School of Law helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal professions schools in California. Located in the large city of San Diego, California Western is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 48% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 52% are male.

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#5

Trinity Law School

Santa Ana, CA

Out of the 25 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity Law School landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Santa Ana, Trinity Law School is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 71% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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University of California - Los Angeles ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in California list. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

Women make up 61% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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#7

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

University of San Diego landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree legal professions programs. USD is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.

Women make up 50% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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University of California - Davis did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for legal professions students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the suburb of Davis.

Of the 34 students majoring in legal professions at UC Davis, 53% are male and 47% are female.

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#9

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

With a ranking of #9, University of San Francisco did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of San Francisco, USFCA is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Women make up 47% of the legal professions majors at the school.

Full Legal Professions at University of San Francisco Report

With a ranking of #10, University of California - Hastings College of Law did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal professions students working on their master’s degree. UC Hastings is a small public school located in the large city of San Francisco.

About 64% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 36% are male.

Full Legal Professions at University of California - Hastings College of Law Report

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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 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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