Legal Professions (Other) isn't the most popular bachelor's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #202 in popularity out of 363 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of legal professions (other). When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 55 bachelor's degrees in legal professions (other) during the 2020-2021 academic year.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
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 professions (other) students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other legal professions (other) students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
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 professions (other) to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized legal professions (other) related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for legal professions (other) students working on their bachelor's degree.
More Ways to Rank Legal Professions (Other) Schools
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 Professions (Other) Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Legal Professions (Other) in Pennsylvania
Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for legal professions (other) students seeking a a bachelor's degree.
Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Bachelor's in Other Legal Professions
It's difficult to beat Temple University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in legal professions (other). Temple is a very large public university located in the city of Philadelphia.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the other legal professions program state that they receive average early career earnings of $41,249.
It's difficult to beat Central Penn College if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in legal professions (other). Located in the large suburb of Summerdale, Central Penn is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the other legal professions program report average early career income of $32,472.
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).