2025 Best Law Schools in the Far Western US Region
4Colleges in the Far Western US Region
5,406Law Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in law, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #21 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of law. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 5,406 degrees in law annually.
The law program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Law rankings. We derive our Best Overall Law 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.
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 Law Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of law degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of California - Berkeley is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in law. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were about 359 law students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat University of Washington - Seattle Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in law. UW Seattle is a fairly large public university located in the city of Seattle. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were about 157 law students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in law has to look into University of La Verne. ULV is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of La Verne. This university ranks 78th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 74 law students who graduated with this degree at ULV in the most recent data year.
Humphreys University - Stockton and Modesto Campuses is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in law. Located in the large city of Stockton, Humphreys University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly small student population. This university ranks 150th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 13 law students who graduated with this degree at Humphreys University in the most recent data year.
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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).
The law program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Law rankings. We derive our Best Overall Law School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
