2025 Best Legal Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region

If you plan on majoring in legal studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #195 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Legal Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 301 degrees in legal studies annually.

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Legal Studies Rankings by Degree Level

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 Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Legal Studies in the Great Lakes Region

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the legal studies degree levels they offer.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Legal Studies

1

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

113 Legal Studies Degrees Awarded

0.9% Growth in Graduates

University of Wisconsin - Madison is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in legal studies. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in legal studies from University of Wisconsin - Madison

2

Ivy Tech Community College
Indianapolis, IN

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

59 Legal Studies Degrees Awarded

45.8% Growth in Graduates

Ivy Tech Community College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in legal studies. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, Ivy Tech Community College is a public college with a very large student population.More information about a degree in legal studies from Ivy Tech Community College

Best Legal Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best legal studies schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	939	23
Michigan	915	21
Illinois	870	63
Indiana	737	32
Wisconsin	672	135

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Legal Studies Related Rankings by Major

Legal Studies is one of 2 different types of Non-Professional General Legal Studies programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Legal Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Pre-Law	158
Non-Professional Legal Studies, Other	1

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Notes and References

• 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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More about our data sources and methodologies.