Legal Professions is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #16 out of the 38 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of legal professions. Combined, these schools handed out 745 degrees in legal professions to qualified students.
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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for legal professions schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each 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 Colorado list to help you make the college decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the legal professions degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Denver is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in legal professions. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Denver. This university ranks 3rd out of 33 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were approximately 306 legal professions students who graduated with this degree at DU in the most recent year we have data available. Legal Professions degree recipients from University of Denver receive an earnings boost of around $16,356 above the average income of legal professions majors.
It's difficult to beat University of Colorado Boulder if you want to pursue a degree in legal professions. Located in the city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #115 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means CU - Boulder is a great university overall.
There were about 191 legal professions students who graduated with this degree at CU - Boulder in the most recent data year. Legal Professions degree recipients from University of Colorado Boulder receive an earnings boost of about $14,560 over the typical earnings of legal professions graduates.
Front Range Community College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in legal professions. FRCC is a fairly large public college located in the large suburb of Westminster. This college ranks 8th out of 33 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were about 70 legal professions students who graduated with this degree at FRCC in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the legal professions program report average early career income of $34,555.
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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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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for legal professions schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
