by our College Data Analytics TeamFor its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for legal studies students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 108 degrees in legal studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.
What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings
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 Pennsylvania list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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The schools below may not offer all types of legal studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Pennsylvania is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in legal studies. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia.More information about a degree in legal studies from University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in legal studies. Pitt is a very large public university located in the city of Pittsburgh.More information about a degree in legal studies from University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
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Explore all the Best Legal Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Colleges | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 1,026 | 376 |
| Maryland | 618 | 106 |
| New Jersey | 614 | 39 |
| District of Columbia | 441 | 85 |
| Delaware | 345 | 10 |
One of 2 majors within the Non-Professional General Legal Studies area of study, Legal Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Pre-Law | 17 |
More about our data sources and methodologies.
