by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Other Legal Professions Major in Pennsylvania for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Legal Professions (Other) is the 200th most popular major in the country with 2,013 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, legal professions (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $51,368 and had an average of $27,963 in loans still to pay off.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 112 legal professions (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,575 and $27,932 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 53 legal professions (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,136 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Other Legal Professions Major in Pennsylvania for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal professions (other). To top this list, a school must have a successful legal professions (other) program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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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 “Most Well Attended Other Legal Professions Major in Pennsylvania for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Other Legal Professions Major in Pennsylvania for a Master’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Other Legal Professions Major in Pennsylvania for a Master’s. Cal U is a public institution located in California, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 39 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Other Legal Professions Major in Pennsylvania for a Master’s list. University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 masters’s other legal professions degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drexel University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Other Legal Professions Major in Pennsylvania for a Master’s list. Drexel University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 0 masters’s other legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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