2024 Best Legal Studies Schools in the Southwest Region
4Colleges in the Southwest Region
440Legal 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.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Legal Studies Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 440 degrees in legal studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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.
The legal studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Legal Studies Schools in the Southwest Region.
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Best Schools for Legal Studies in the Southwest 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.
Arizona State University - Tempe is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in legal studies. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #119 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were approximately 158 legal studies students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Arizona is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in legal studies. University of Arizona is a very large public university located in the large city of Tucson. This university ranks 3rd out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 89 legal studies students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent data year.
Arizona State University - Skysong is a great option for students pursuing a degree in legal studies. ASU - Skysong is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Scottsdale. This university ranks 8th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 38 legal studies students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Skysong in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in legal studies has to take a look at National Paralegal College. National Paralegal College is a small private for-profit college located in the city of Phoenix.
There were approximately 39 legal studies students who graduated with this degree at National Paralegal College in the most recent data year.
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.
