by our College Data Analytics TeamFor its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 16 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for legal professions students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 736 bachelor's degrees in legal professions to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Your choice of legal professions for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality legal professions program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for legal professions students working on their bachelor's degree.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Legal Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in legal professions.
It's hard to beat Northwestern University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in legal professions. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in legal professions from Northwestern University
University of Wisconsin - Madison is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in legal professions. UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the city of Madison.More information about a bachelor’s in legal professions from University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Michigan State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in legal professions. Michigan State is a very large public university located in the city of East Lansing.More information about a bachelor’s in legal professions from Michigan State University
Purdue University Global is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in legal professions. Purdue University Global is a fairly large public university located in the city of West Lafayette.More information about a bachelor’s in legal professions from Purdue University Global
Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago.More information about a bachelor’s in legal professions from Loyola University Chicago
Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in legal professions from University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
Located in the large suburb of Allendale, GVSU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in legal professions from Grand Valley State University
Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago.More information about a bachelor’s in legal professions from Roosevelt University
Located in the large suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in legal professions from Kent State University at Kent
Explore the best legal professions colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Legal Support Services | 369 |
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies | 319 |
| Legal Professions (Other) | 44 |
| Legal Research | 4 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting | 7,182 |
