2025 Best Legal Professions Schools in District of Columbia
1College in District of Columbia
2,994Legal Professions Degrees Awarded
$60,186Avg Early-Career Salary
When it comes to popularity, legal professions sits in the middle of the road, ranking #16 out of 38 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
There was only one school in District of Columbia to review for the 2025 Best Legal Professions Schools in District of Columbia ranking.
The legal professions 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 Legal Professions Schools in District of Columbia.
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Best Schools for Legal Professions in District of Columbia
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the legal professions degree levels they offer.
Top District of Columbia Schools in Legal Professions
It is difficult to beat American University if you wish to pursue a degree in legal professions. Located in the city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.
Those legal professions students who get their degree from American University earn $11,772 more than the average legal professions student.
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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