Law is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #28 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Law Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 7,973 degrees in law annually.
Your choice of law school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for law schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Law Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the law degree levels they offer.
Any student pursuing a degree in law needs to look into University of Miami. U Miami is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Coral Gables. A Best Colleges rank of #175 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means U Miami is a great university overall.
There were approximately 384 law students who graduated with this degree at U Miami in the most recent data year. After graduation, law degree recipients typically earn about $76,760 in their early careers.
Every student pursuing a degree in law has to check out University of Georgia. Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were about 192 law students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the law program earn about $76,702 in their early career salary.
It's difficult to beat University of Mississippi if you want to pursue a degree in law. Ole Miss is a very large public university located in the remote town of University. This university ranks 1st out of 24 schools for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were roughly 148 law students who graduated with this degree at Ole Miss in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the law program make about $61,201 in the first couple years of working.
Every student who is interested in law needs to check out Liberty University. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. This university ranks 11th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 69 law students who graduated with this degree at Liberty University 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).
Your choice of law school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for law schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
