2025 Best Legal Studies Schools in the Southeast Region
7Colleges in the Southeast Region
953Legal Studies Degrees Awarded
Legal Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #195 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for legal studies students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 953 degrees in legal studies to qualified students.
Your choice of legal studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for legal studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Legal Studies Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Legal Studies in the Southeast Region
The schools below may not offer all types of legal studies 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 studies needs to take a look at University of Miami. U Miami is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Coral Gables. A Best Colleges rank of #175 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means U Miami is a great university overall.
There were approximately 48 legal studies students who graduated with this degree at U Miami in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in legal studies has to look into University of Central Florida. UCF is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Orlando. A Best Colleges rank of #217 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCF is a great university overall.
There were about 235 legal studies students who graduated with this degree at UCF in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in legal studies has to check out University of Mississippi. Ole Miss is a fairly large public university located in the remote town of University. This university ranks 1st out of 24 schools for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were roughly 29 legal studies students who graduated with this degree at Ole Miss in the most recent data year.
Lipscomb University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in legal studies. Located in the large city of Nashville, Lipscomb is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 8th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 12 legal studies students who graduated with this degree at Lipscomb in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 25 schools for overall quality in the state of West Virginia.
There were roughly 113 legal studies students who graduated with this degree at American Military University in the most recent year we have data available.
Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Fort Lauderdale. A Best Colleges rank of #123 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a great university overall.
There were roughly 25 legal studies students who graduated with this degree at Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Morehead, Morehead State University is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 27th out of 39 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were approximately 23 legal studies students who graduated with this degree at Morehead State University in the most recent year we have data available.
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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Your choice of legal studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for legal studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
