by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Legal Professions Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Legal Professions is the 16th most popular major in the country with 61,055 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, legal professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,649 and had an average of $28,699 in loans still to pay off.
Across Georgia, there were 1,499 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,155 and $35,296 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 51 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,491 and $29,433 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in legal professions. To top this list, a school must have a successful legal professions program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia bachelor’s degree legal professions students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clayton State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s list. Morrow, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s legal professions degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mercer University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s list. Macon, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s legal professions degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South University’s online programs. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s list. South University’s online programs is a medium-sized school located in Savannah, Georgia that handed out 6 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Georgia. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s list. UNG is a public institution located in Dahlonega, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Southern University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s. GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.
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South University, Savannah landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s ranking. This small school is located in Savannah, Georgia, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Brenau University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s ranking. Brenau University is a small school located in Gainesville, Georgia that handed out 2 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
Emmanuel College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s ranking. Emmanuel College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Franklin Springs, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Herzing University - Atlanta ranked #9 on this year’s Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s list. Herzing University - Atlanta is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.
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