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2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in District of Columbia

6 Colleges
$71,717 Avg Salary
$30,500 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, legal professions students earned 2,497 degrees and certificates from a District of Columbia school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 District of Columbia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones were the most popular 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 .

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Our analysis found Georgetown University to be the most popular school for legal professions students who want to pursue a degree in District of Columbia. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in District of Columbia list. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

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#3

American University

Washington, DC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in District of Columbia list. Located in the large city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#4

Howard University

Washington, DC

The excellent programs at Howard University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in District of Columbia. Howard is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in District of Columbia list. Located in the large city of Washington, CUA is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #6, University of the District of Columbia did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal professions students. University of the District of Columbia is a small public school located in the large city of Washington.

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Explore all the Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 4,768
Pennsylvania 2,017
Maryland 497
New Jersey 733
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 6 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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