2024 Best Legal Studies Schools in the Far Western US Region
6Colleges in the Far Western US Region
825Legal Studies Degrees Awarded
A degree in legal studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #195 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 6 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Legal Studies Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 825 degrees in legal studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of legal studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Legal Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Studies Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Legal Studies in the Far Western US Region
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 studies degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Far Western US Region Schools in Legal Studies
University of California - Berkeley is a great decision for students interested in a degree in legal studies. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public university located in the city of Berkeley. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were roughly 216 legal studies students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in legal studies. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #37 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were about 127 legal studies students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent year we have data available.
University of California - Santa Cruz is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in legal studies. UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Santa Cruz. A Best Colleges rank of #102 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UC Santa Cruz is a great university overall.
There were about 148 legal studies students who graduated with this degree at UC Santa Cruz in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in legal studies has to look into Loyola Marymount University. Loyola Marymount is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. This university ranks 20th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 5 legal studies students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Marymount in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of La Verne, ULV is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 94th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 17 legal studies students who graduated with this degree at ULV in the most recent data year.
Humphreys University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Stockton. This university ranks 158th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 12 legal studies students who graduated with this degree at Humphreys University in the most recent year we have data available.
UW Tacoma is a small public university located in the city of Tacoma. This university ranks 49th out of 51 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 38 legal studies students who graduated with this degree at UW Tacoma in the most recent year we have data available.
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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Your choice of legal studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Legal Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
