by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Legal Professions is the 16th most popular major in the country with 67,032 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , legal professions graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $50,137 and had an average of $67,839 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 13,650 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,352 and $63,957 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,181 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,436 and $23,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 70 colleges that offered a degree in legal professions. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in legal professions.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida Memorial University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Miami Gardens, Florida, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 26 degrees to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2021-2022.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hodges University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region. Hodges University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fort Myers, Florida. It awarded 4 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 70 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South University, Montgomery landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Montgomery, Alabama, this small private for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend James Madison University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region list. James Madison University is a large school located in Harrisonburg, Virginia that handed out 80 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alderson Broaddus University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Philippi, West Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Florida Gulf Coast University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Fort Myers, Florida, this fairly large public school handed out 49 degrees to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Clayton State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Morrow, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s legal professions degrees to 9 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.
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Mississippi University for Women did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #8. Columbus, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s legal professions degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #9, University of Central Florida did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Central Florida is a large school located in Orlando, Florida that handed out 235 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Lipscomb University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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The University of West Florida landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region ranking. UWF is a fairly large public school situated in Pensacola, Florida. It awarded 29 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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William Peace University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #12. WPU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Herzing University - Kenner landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Herzing University - Kenner is located in Metairie, Louisiana and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.
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South University, Savannah landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region ranking. South University, Savannah is a small private for-profit school situated in Savannah, Georgia. It awarded 0 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
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Liberty University ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 218 degrees to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #16, Southeastern University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Lakeland, Florida, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Emmanuel College landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Emmanuel College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Franklin Springs, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Eastern Kentucky University ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region list. Eastern is located in Richmond, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 29 bachelors’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.
With a ranking of #19, University of Miami did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Miami is a private not-for-profit institution located in Coral Gables, Florida. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 48 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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University of Southern Mississippi ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, this fairly large public school handed out 30 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Regent University came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Regent is a fairly large school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia that handed out 21 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.
With a ranking of #22, Vanderbilt University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Morehead State University ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region list. Morehead State University is a public institution located in Morehead, Kentucky. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Florida College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #24. This small school is located in Temple Terrace, Florida, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Faulkner University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Professions Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #25. Located in Montgomery, Alabama, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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