2025 Best Legal Professions (Other) Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

a master's degree in legal professions (other) is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #113 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Legal Professions (Other) Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 178 master's degrees in legal professions (other) to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on legal professions (other) students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other legal professions (other) students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for legal professions (other) to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized legal professions (other) related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for legal professions (other) students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Legal Professions (Other) Schools

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 Professions (Other) Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Legal Professions (Other) in the Great Lakes Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in legal professions (other).

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Master's in Other Legal Professions

1

Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL

23 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in legal professions (other) needs to take a look at Loyola University Chicago. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago.More information about a master’s in legal professions (other) from Loyola University Chicago

2

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

25 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Michigan State University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in legal professions (other). Michigan State is a very large public university located in the city of East Lansing.More information about a master’s in legal professions (other) from Michigan State University

Best Legal Professions (Other) Colleges by State

Explore the best legal professions (other) colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	221	102
Michigan	211	25
Ohio	207	15

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Legal Professions (Other) Related Rankings by Major

One of 4 majors within the Legal Professions area of study, Legal Professions (Other) has other similar majors worth exploring.

Other Legal Professions Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Legal Professions & Studies	178

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Legal Research	957
Legal Support Services	68
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	35

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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