Law is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #28 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
There was only one school in New Jersey to review for the 2024 Best Law Schools in New Jersey ranking.
The law 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 Law Schools in New Jersey.
More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the law degree levels they offer.
Seton Hall University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in law. Located in the large suburb of South Orange, Seton Hall is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.
Those law students who get their degree from Seton Hall University earn $3,623 more than the standard law student.
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).