by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 3,818 people earned their degree in legal studies, making the major the 195th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2,775 legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major” ranking looked at 105 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in legal studies.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National Paralegal College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major list. This small school is located in Phoenix, Arizona, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Paul Quinn College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major list. Paul Quinn College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bethany Lutheran College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major list. Bethany Lutheran College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mankato, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend United States Military Academy. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major list. United States Military Academy is a small public school situated in West Point, New York. It awarded 43 bachelors’s legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 105 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Blackburn College landed the #5 spot on the list. Blackburn College is a small school located in Carlinville, Illinois that handed out 4 bachelors’s legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
University of the District of Columbia ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s legal studies degrees to 26 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read more about Legal Studies at University of the District of Columbia
With a ranking of #7, University of Wisconsin - Superior did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major list. UW - Superior is a small school located in Superior, Wisconsin that handed out 23 bachelors’s legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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John Jay College of Criminal Justice came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major ranking. John Jay College of Criminal Justice is located in New York, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 148 bachelors’s legal studies degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Hamline University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major ranking. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s legal studies degrees to 39 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Suffolk University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major list. This medium-sized school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 69 bachelors’s legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
St John’s University - New York ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major list. Queens, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s legal studies degrees to 126 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
United States Air Force Academy landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major ranking. USAF Academy, Colorado is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s legal studies degrees to 30 students in 2020-2021.
Drake University ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major list. Des Moines, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s legal studies degrees to 41 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Hodges University ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major list. Hodges University is a small school located in Naples, Florida that handed out 7 bachelors’s legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
University of California - Santa Cruz did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major ranking, coming in at #15. This fairly large school is located in Santa Cruz, California, and it awarded 148 bachelors’s legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of California - Santa Cruz Legal Studies Report
Goldey - Beacom College came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major ranking. Goldey - Beacom College is located in Wilmington, Delaware and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s legal studies degrees to qualified students.
Dickinson College came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major ranking. Dickinson is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. It awarded 13 bachelors’s legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of Washington - Tacoma Campus landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major ranking. UW Tacoma is a public institution located in Tacoma, Washington. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Legal Studies at University of Washington - Tacoma Campus
Ramapo College of New Jersey did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major ranking, coming in at #19. This medium-sized school is located in Mahwah, New Jersey, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Legal Studies at Ramapo College of New Jersey
Post University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major ranking. Located in Waterbury, Connecticut, this fairly large private for-profit school awarded 34 degrees to qualified bachelors’s legal studies students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #21, Scripps College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major list. Claremont, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s legal studies degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
With a ranking of #22, Lasell University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major list. Lasell is a small school located in Newton, Massachusetts that handed out 9 bachelors’s legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Alderson Broaddus University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major ranking. Alderson Broaddus University is located in Philippi, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s legal studies degrees to qualified students.
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University of California - Berkeley ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major list. UC Berkeley is a large school located in Berkeley, California that handed out 216 bachelors’s legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Central Florida did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major ranking, coming in at #25. University of Central Florida is a large school located in Orlando, Florida that handed out 264 bachelors’s legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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