2024 Best Legal Support Services Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

If you're seeking a Master's Degree in legal support services, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #234 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in District of Columbia to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of legal support services. Combined, these schools handed out 37 master's degrees in legal support services to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on legal support services students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of legal support services students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for legal support services to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized legal support services related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for legal support services students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Legal Support Services Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Legal Support Services in District of Columbia

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in legal support services.

Top District of Columbia Schools for a Master's in Legal Support

1

Georgetown University
Washington, DC

8 Annual Graduates

Georgetown University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in legal support services. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington.More information about a master’s in legal support services from Georgetown University

2

George Washington University
Washington, DC

29 Annual Graduates

$55,530 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in legal support services needs to check out George Washington University. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the legal support program state that they receive average early career income of $55,530.

More information about a master’s in legal support services from George Washington University

Best Legal Support Services Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Legal Support Services Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	248	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Legal Support

One of 4 majors within the Legal Professions area of study, Legal Support Services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Legal Support Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	29
Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary	8

Majors Similar to Legal Support

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Legal Research	478
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	8
Legal Professions (Other)	3

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.