2024 Best Legal Studies Schools in Connecticut

Legal Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #195 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of legal studies. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 87 degrees in legal studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Legal Studies Rankings by Degree Level

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 Connecticut 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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Best Schools for Legal Studies in Connecticut

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.

Top Connecticut Schools in Legal Studies

1

Post University
Waterbury, CT

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

74 Legal Studies Degrees Awarded

4.1% Growth in Graduates

Post University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in legal studies. Post University is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the midsize suburb of Waterbury.More information about a degree in legal studies from Post University

2

Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT

It's difficult to beat Quinnipiac University if you want to pursue a degree in legal studies. Located in the large suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a degree in legal studies from Quinnipiac University

Best Legal Studies Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Legal Studies Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	854	223
New Hampshire	395	2

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Legal Studies Related Rankings by Major

Legal Studies is one of 2 different types of Non-Professional General Legal Studies programs to choose from.

Notes and References

• 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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