Legal Professions isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #16 in popularity out of 38 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of legal professions. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 799 degrees in legal professions annually.
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 Maryland.
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The schools below may not offer all types of legal professions degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student pursuing a degree in legal professions needs to look into University of Maryland Global Campus. Located in the suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Students who graduate with their degree from the legal professions program state that they receive average early career income of $54,304.
It is hard to beat Stevenson University if you want to pursue a degree in legal professions. Located in the suburb of Owings Mills, Stevenson is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
Graduates who receive their degree from the legal professions program earn around $56,413 in the first couple years of their career.
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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