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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Maryland for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Maryland, there were 840 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,078 and $34,205 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 418 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,541 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Maryland for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Maryland for a Doctorate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Maryland for a Doctorate”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Maryland for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Baltimore landed the #1 spot on the list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s legal professions degrees to 216 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Maryland for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - Baltimore landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this medium-sized public school handed out 202 degrees to qualified doctorate’s legal professions students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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