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2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in New Jersey

4 Colleges
$47,325 Avg Salary
$26,325 Avg Student Debt

Legal Professions is one of the most popular subjects to study in New Jersey. With 733 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 8th out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in New Jersey ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in New Jersey 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.

Check out the legal professions programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in New Jersey.

#1

Seton Hall University

South Orange, NJ

Our analysis found Seton Hall University to be the most popular school for legal professions students who want to pursue a degree in New Jersey. Seton Hall is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of South Orange.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rutgers University - Newark. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in New Jersey list. Rutgers Newark is a fairly large public school located in the city of Newark.

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The excellent programs at Rutgers University - Camden helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in New Jersey. Rutgers Camden is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Camden.

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#4

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

Out of the 4 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Montclair State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public school with a very large student population.

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

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