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2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region

20 Colleges
$53,310 Avg Salary
$28,867 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, 45,189 legal professions students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #7 most popular in the country.

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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 New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 20 schools in the New England Region 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Legal Professions Colleges.

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Our analysis found Harvard University to be the most popular school for legal professions students who want to pursue a degree in the New England Region . Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

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#2

Boston University

Boston, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region list. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

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#3

Suffolk University

Boston, MA

Out of the 20 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Suffolk University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Suffolk is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

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#4

Vermont Law School

South Royalton, VT

Out of the 20 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Vermont Law School landed the # 4 spot on the list. VLS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of South Royalton.

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#5

Yale University

New Haven, CT

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Yale University is a great place for legal professions students. Yale is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of New Haven.

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#6

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

With a ranking of #6, Boston College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal professions students. Located in the city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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Northeastern University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Professions Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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University of Connecticut landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular legal professions programs. UCONN is a very large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.

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With a ranking of #9, New England Law - Boston did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal professions students. Located in the city of Boston, New England Law is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Roger Williams University School of Law landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular legal professions programs. Roger Williams University School of Law is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bristol.

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 2,291
Rhode Island 153
Connecticut 552
New Hampshire 103
Maine 94
Vermont 344

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 20 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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