2023 Most Popular Colleges for Pre-Law in the New England Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Pre-Law Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 586 people earned their degree in pre-law, making the major the 576th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 23 pre-law graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Pre-Law Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in pre-law. To top this list, a school must have a successful pre-law program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Well Attended Pre-Law Major in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Pre-Law Major in the New England Region”.
Top 3 Most Popular Colleges for Pre-Law in the New England Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Champlain College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Pre-Law Major in the New England Region. Burlington, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s pre-law degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Pre-Law at Champlain College
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Pre-Law Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Husson University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Bangor, Maine, and it awarded 9 ’s pre-law degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Pre-Law at Husson
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roger Williams University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Pre-Law Major in the New England Region list. RWU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bristol, Rhode Island. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Roger Williams University Pre-Law Report
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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