2023 Best Legal Research Schools in the Plains States Region
Finding the Best Legal Research School for You
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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Legal Research Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best programs for students.
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2023 Best Legal Research Schools in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Legal Research Colleges.
Top 10 Best Legal Research Schools
Our analysis found Hamline University to be the best school for legal research students who want to pursue a degree in the Plains States Region . Hamline is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.
The excellent programs at Washington University in St Louis helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal research schools in the Plains States Region . WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.
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The excellent programs at University of St Thomas Minnesota helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal research schools in the Plains States Region . UST MN is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Legal Research Schools in the Plains States Region list. UNL is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.
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The excellent programs at University of Missouri - Columbia helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal research schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Legal Research Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public school located in the city of Minneapolis.
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University of Iowa did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for legal research students. It came in at #7 on the list. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Iowa City.
University of North Dakota landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best legal research programs. Located in the small city of Grand Forks, UND is a public school with a large student population.
University of Kansas landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best legal research programs. KU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Lawrence.
University of Missouri - Kansas City ranked #10 on this year’s Best Legal Research Schools in the Plains States Region list. UMKC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Kansas City.
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Best Legal Research Colleges by State
Explore the best legal research schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Missouri | 411 |
Minnesota | 78 |
Iowa | 6 |
Kansas | 10 |
Nebraska | 11 |
North Dakota | 4 |
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Legal Research Related Rankings by Major
One of 4 majors within the area of study, legal research has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Legal Research
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Law | 36,216 |
Legal Professions (Other) | 1,424 |
Legal Support Services | 446 |
Non-Professional General Legal Studies | 444 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 11 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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