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Best Colleges for Legal / Pre-Law

236 four-year colleges offer legal / pre-law programs. These rank highest by graduate earnings, using official federal data.

#1A+

Georgetown University

Washington, DC · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$40,815
Net price
13%
Admit rate
7,569
Enrolled
#2A+

Northeastern University

Boston, MA · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$30,915
Net price
5%
Admit rate
17,326
Enrolled
#3A+

Northeastern University Oakland

Oakland, CA · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$25,181
Net price
17%
Admit rate
464
Enrolled
#4A+

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$32,740
Net price
10%
Admit rate
20,443
Enrolled
#5A+

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, CA · Public

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$13,481
Net price
11%
Admit rate
33,068
Enrolled
#6A+

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$15,846
Net price
6%
Admit rate
7,208
Enrolled
#7A+

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$29,167
Net price
8%
Admit rate
9,201
Enrolled
#8A+

Golden Gate University

San Francisco, CA · Private nonprofit

Top Earnings
Net price
Admit rate
259
Enrolled
#9A-

Providence College

Providence, RI · Private nonprofit

Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
$48,523
Net price
51%
Admit rate
4,229
Enrolled
#10B

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA · Private nonprofit

Top Earnings
$38,509
Net price
79%
Admit rate
13,233
Enrolled
#11B+

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Newark, NJ · Public

Top Earnings
$16,504
Net price
65%
Admit rate
9,019
Enrolled
#12B

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, CT · Private nonprofit

Top Earnings
$40,675
Net price
72%
Admit rate
6,531
Enrolled
#13A

University of Washington-Seattle Campus

Seattle, WA · Public

Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
$14,091
Net price
39%
Admit rate
31,942
Enrolled
#14B-

University of Washington-Tacoma Campus

Tacoma, WA · Public

Top EarningsBest Value
$10,163
Net price
83%
Admit rate
4,185
Enrolled
#15B+

Marist University

Poughkeepsie, NY · Private nonprofit

Top Earnings
$41,544
Net price
57%
Admit rate
5,182
Enrolled
#16A+

Amherst College

Amherst, MA · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$23,367
Net price
9%
Admit rate
1,911
Enrolled
#17A-

Scripps College

Claremont, CA · Private nonprofit

Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
$36,294
Net price
38%
Admit rate
1,113
Enrolled
#18B-

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA · Private nonprofit

Top Earnings
$28,928
Net price
81%
Admit rate
3,755
Enrolled
#19B+

American University

Washington, DC · Private nonprofit

Top Earnings
$41,943
Net price
62%
Admit rate
7,266
Enrolled
#20A+

University of Richmond

University of Richmond, VA · Private nonprofit

Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
$31,309
Net price
22%
Admit rate
2,980
Enrolled
#21B

Siena University

Loudonville, NY · Private nonprofit

Top Earnings
$33,733
Net price
69%
Admit rate
3,409
Enrolled
#22A+

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$37,244
Net price
19%
Admit rate
12,913
Enrolled
#23A

University of California-Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA · Public

Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
$16,109
Net price
33%
Admit rate
23,113
Enrolled
#24B-

Rutgers University-Newark

Newark, NJ · Public

Top Earnings
$19,703
Net price
71%
Admit rate
7,709
Enrolled