When it comes to popularity, a master's degree in non-professional general legal studies sits in the middle of the road, ranking #160 out of 343 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 the Southeast Region to review for the 2025 Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. If you would like to see more options to choose from, check out the Best Master's Degree Schools in the United States ranking..
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Every student who is interested in a master's degree in non-professional general legal studies has to take a look at American Public University System. Located in the fringe town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit university with a very large student population.
Soon after graduation, non-professional general legal studies master's recipients generally make an average of $52,022 in the first five 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).
