2025 Best Law Schools in District of Columbia

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 looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Law Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,889 degrees in law to qualified students.

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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 District of Columbia 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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Best Schools for Law in District of Columbia

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.

Top District of Columbia Schools in Law

1

American University
Washington, DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

320 Law Degrees Awarded

It is hard to beat American University if you want to pursue a degree in law. The American University is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.More information about a degree in law from American University

2

University of the District of Columbia
Washington, DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

63 Law Degrees Awarded

23.8% Growth in Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in law has to look into University of the District of Columbia. University of the District of Columbia is a small public university located in the city of Washington.More information about a degree in law from University of the District of Columbia

Best Law Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Law Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	1,026	4,025
Pennsylvania	978	1,586
Maryland	618	418
New Jersey	614	610

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Rankings in Majors Related to Law

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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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.