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2023 Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Ohio for a Master’s

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Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Ohio for a Master's

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 Ohio for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 61,055 people earned their degree in legal professions, making the major the 16th most popular in the United States. 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 Ohio, there were 1,896 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,380 and $27,796 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 191 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,359 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Ohio for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in legal professions. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular legal professions programs in the United States.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for ohio master’s degree legal professions students.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Case Western Reserve University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Ohio for a Master’s list. Case Western Reserve University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cleveland, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 80 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Dayton. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Ohio for a Master’s. Located in Dayton, Ohio, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 53 degrees to qualified masters’s legal professions students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Ohio for a Master’s list. Located in Athens, Ohio, this large public school handed out 18 degrees to qualified masters’s legal professions students in 2020-2021.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Ohio for a Master’s list. Ohio State University - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Columbus, Ohio. It awarded 12 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Out of the 10 schools in the Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Ohio for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Cleveland State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Cleveland, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s legal professions degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Ohio for a Master’s ranking. UC is a large public school situated in Cincinnati, Ohio. It awarded 9 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

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University of Toledo came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Ohio for a Master’s ranking. University of Toledo is a public institution located in Toledo, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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University of Akron Main Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Ohio for a Master’s ranking. University of Akron Main Campus is located in Akron, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

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Capital University
Columbus, Ohio

Capital University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Ohio for a Master’s ranking. Capital University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Columbus, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 132 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Ohio Northern University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Ohio for a Master’s list. ONU is located in Ada, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 44 masters’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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