A degree in legal studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #195 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Legal Studies Schools in Florida ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 332 degrees in legal studies annually.
The legal studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Legal Studies rankings. We derive our Best Overall Legal Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Legal Studies Schools in Florida ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that 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 studies degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Miami is a great choice for students interested in a degree in legal studies. Located in the large suburb of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 48 legal studies students who graduated with this degree at U Miami in the most recent data year.
University of Central Florida is a great decision for students interested in a degree in legal studies. Located in the large suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 70 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were approximately 235 legal studies students who graduated with this degree at UCF in the most recent year we have data available.
Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in legal studies. Located in the city of Fort Lauderdale, Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #123 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a great university overall.
There were roughly 25 legal studies students who graduated with this degree at Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale in the most recent year we have data available.
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 studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Legal Studies rankings. We derive our Best Overall Legal Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
