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

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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 Tennessee, there were 755 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,467 and $19,560 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,060 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Tennessee for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Tennessee for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Tennessee for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions in Tennessee

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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

#1 overall quality in Tennessee

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Tennessee for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #1 spot on the list. Vanderbilt University is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Legal Professions at Vanderbilt University

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The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee

#3 overall quality in Tennessee

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Tennessee for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #2 spot on the list. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a public institution located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 124 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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