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.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Florida to determine which ones were the best for legal studies students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 365 degrees in legal studies to qualified students.
The legal studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Legal Studies rankings. 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.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Legal Studies Schools in Florida ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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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.
University of Miami is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in legal studies. U Miami is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Coral Gables. A Best Colleges rank of #91 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means U Miami is a great university overall.
There were approximately 45 legal studies students who graduated with this degree at U Miami in the most recent year we have data available.
Hodges University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in legal studies. International College is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Fort Myers. This university ranks 61st out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 18 legal studies students who graduated with this degree at International College in the most recent year we have data available.
Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in legal studies. Located in the medium-sized city of Fort Lauderdale, Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 21 legal studies students who graduated with this degree at Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale 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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The legal studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Legal Studies rankings. 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.
