Legal Professions isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #16 in popularity out of 38 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for legal professions students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,005 degrees in legal professions during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The legal professions program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Legal Professions rankings. For our Best Overall Legal Professions School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Schools in Washington list to help you make the college decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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The schools below may not offer all types of legal professions degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in legal professions. UW Seattle is a fairly large public university located in the city of Seattle. A Best Colleges rank of #37 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were about 399 legal professions students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent year we have data available. Those legal professions students who get their degree from University of Washington - Seattle Campus earn $3,801 more than the standard legal professions graduate.
It is difficult to beat Seattle University if you wish to pursue a degree in legal professions. Located in the city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 51 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 206 legal professions students who graduated with this degree at Seattle U in the most recent year we have data available. Those legal professions students who get their degree from Seattle University make $5,769 more than the typical legal professions grad.
Gonzaga University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in legal professions. Gonzaga is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Spokane. This university ranks 3rd out of 51 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 144 legal professions students who graduated with this degree at Gonzaga in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the legal professions program state that they receive average early career earnings of $52,437.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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