2024 Best Legal Professions (Other) Schools in Pennsylvania
3Colleges in Pennsylvania
112Other Legal Professions Degrees Awarded
$41,575Avg Early-Career Salary
Legal Professions (Other) is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #200 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for legal professions (other) students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 112 degrees in legal professions (other) to qualified students.
Your choice of legal professions (other) school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for legal professions (other) schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Legal Professions (Other) Rankings by Degree Level
The other legal professions 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 Legal Professions (Other) Schools in Pennsylvania.
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Best Schools for Legal Professions (Other) in Pennsylvania
The schools below may not offer all types of other legal professions degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Pennsylvania Schools in Other Legal Professions
University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in legal professions (other). Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #79 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Pitt is a great university overall.
There were about 16 legal professions (other) students who graduated with this degree at Pitt in the most recent year we have data available.
California University of Pennsylvania is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in legal professions (other). Cal U is a medium-sized public university located in the small suburb of California.
There were roughly 41 legal professions (other) students who graduated with this degree at Cal U in the most recent year we have data available.
Temple University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in legal professions (other). Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 11th out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 41 legal professions (other) students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent data year. After graduation, other legal professions degree recipients generally make an average of $41,249 in the first five years of their career.
Every student pursuing a degree in legal professions (other) needs to look into Central Penn College. Central Penn is a fairly small private for-profit college located in the suburb of Summerdale. This college ranks 53rd out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 13 legal professions (other) students who graduated with this degree at Central Penn in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, other legal professions degree recipients usually earn about $32,472 at the beginning of their careers.
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).
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