Legal Professions is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #16 out of the 38 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of legal professions. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 805 degrees in legal professions during the 2021-2022 academic year.
The legal professions program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Legal Professions rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for legal professions schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Legal Professions Schools in Colorado list to help you make the college decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the legal professions degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Denver is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in legal professions. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Denver. This university ranks 3rd out of 33 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were roughly 311 legal professions students who graduated with this degree at DU in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the legal professions degree program at University of Denver get $14,346 above the average college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
It is hard to beat University of Colorado Boulder if you want to pursue a degree in legal professions. Located in the midsize city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #115 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means CU - Boulder is a great university overall.
There were approximately 194 legal professions students who graduated with this degree at CU - Boulder in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the legal professions program at University of Colorado Boulder earn $12,550 more than the typical college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
Front Range Community College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in legal professions. FRCC is a large public college located in the suburb of Westminster. This college ranks 8th out of 33 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were approximately 72 legal professions students who graduated with this degree at FRCC in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the legal professions program state that they receive average early career earnings of $34,555.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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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The legal professions program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Legal Professions rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for legal professions schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
