2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Studies in District of Columbia

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In 2020-2021, 3,818 people earned their degree in legal studies, making the major the 195th most popular in the United States.

Across District of Columbia, there were 85 legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,645 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in legal studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in legal studies.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia master’s degree legal studies students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Studies in District of Columbia

1

Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Howard University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major in District of Columbia. Howard University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 6 masters’s legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Howard Legal Studies Report

2

Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

#4 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #2 spot on the list. CUA is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees 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. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Legal Studies at Catholic University of America

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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