2024 Best Pre-Law Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in pre-law, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #443 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Pre-Law Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 123 bachelor's degrees in pre-law during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to pre-law students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of pre-law students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized pre-law related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for pre-law students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Pre-Law Schools

The pre-law school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Pre-Law Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Pre-Law in the Southeast Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in pre-law.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Pre-Law

1

Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA

92 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in pre-law has to check out Liberty University. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Lynchburg.More information about a bachelor’s in pre-law from Liberty University

2

Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, FL

11 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in pre-law has to take a look at Nova Southeastern University. Located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in pre-law from Nova Southeastern University

Best Pre-Law Colleges by State

Explore the best pre-law colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	492	26
Tennessee	460	0
North Carolina	453	2
Georgia	453	1
Virginia	421	92
South Carolina	370	0
Kentucky	331	1
Louisiana	306	0
Mississippi	275	1

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Pre-Law Related Rankings by Major

One of 2 majors within the Non-Professional General Legal Studies area of study, Pre-Law has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Pre-Law

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Legal Studies	585

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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