Law

A program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of law, for taking state and national bar examinations, and for advanced research in jurisprudence. Includes instruction in the theory and practice of the legal system, including the statutory, administrative, and judicial components of civil and criminal law.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 211 institutions across the United States, with a total of 106941 degrees awarded annually.

Doctoral Degrees

35,647

degrees awarded

Other Awards

71,294

awards given

Top Schools for Law

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Georgetown University Washington, DC	2,052
2	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	1,710
3	George Washington University Washington, DC	1,650
4	New York University New York, NY	1,326
5	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	1,281
6	Fordham University Bronx, NY	1,236
7	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	1,173
8	Brooklyn Law School Brooklyn, NY	1,134
9	Suffolk University Boston, MA	1,065
10	University of California College of the Law-San Francisco San Francisco, CA	1,017
11	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	1,008
12	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	960
13	Yeshiva University New York, NY	960
14	New England Law-Boston Boston, MA	957
15	American University Washington, DC	951
16	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	939
17	Mitchell Hamline School of Law Saint Paul, MN	924
18	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	921
19	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	912
20	Stetson University DeLand, FL	867
21	New York Law School New York, NY	861
22	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	852
23	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	849
24	South Texas College of Law Houston Houston, TX	849
25	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	834
26	University of Houston Houston, TX	813
27	Southwestern Law School Los Angeles, CA	804
28	University of Denver Denver, CO	795
29	Widener University Chester, PA	789
30	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	777
31	Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	774
32	Pace University New York, NY	771
33	Emory University Atlanta, GA	768
34	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	756
35	St. John's University-New York Queens, NY	747
36	Boston University Boston, MA	735
37	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	732
38	Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ	732
39	Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJ	723
40	Duke University Durham, NC	714
41	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	693
42	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	693
43	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	693
44	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	690
45	Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	684
46	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	678
47	Yale University New Haven, CT	672
48	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	669
49	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	663
50	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	660
51	Southern University and A & M College Baton Rouge, LA	660
52	St. Thomas University Miami Gardens, FL	657
53	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	651
54	Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL	645
55	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	645
56	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	639
57	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	639
58	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	630
59	St. Mary's University San Antonio, TX	621
60	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	618
61	CUNY School of Law Long Island City, NY	618
62	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	615
63	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	600
64	Seattle University Seattle, WA	594
65	University of Maryland, Baltimore Baltimore, MD	591
66	University of Baltimore Baltimore, MD	588
67	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	573
68	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	573
69	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	564
70	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	564
71	Thomas M Cooley Law School Lansing, MI	561
72	Loyola University New Orleans New Orleans, LA	561
73	University of Detroit Mercy Detroit, MI	558
74	Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO	549
75	Stanford University Stanford, CA	549
76	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	546
77	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	543
78	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	540
79	California Western School of Law San Diego, CA	537
80	University of Georgia Athens, GA	534
81	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	534
82	Barry University Miami, FL	534
83	Lewis & Clark College Portland, OR	534
84	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	525
85	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	525
86	University of the Pacific Stockton, CA	516
87	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	516
88	Roger Williams University School of Law Bristol, RI	513
89	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	513
90	University of New Hampshire-Franklin Pierce School of Law Concord, NH	510
91	Villanova University Villanova, PA	507
92	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	504
93	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	504
94	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	501
95	Charleston School of Law Charleston, SC	501
96	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	495
97	Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL	489
98	Albany Law School Albany, NY	489
99	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	483
100	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	480