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2023 Best Value Legal Research Doctor's Degree Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

29 Colleges
$38,088 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$71,104 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 6,659 people earned a degree or certificate in legal research, making the major the #40 most popular in the United States.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Legal Research Doctor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 29 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for legal research students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Legal Research Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found University of Virginia - Main Campus to be the best value school for legal research students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. University of Virginia is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Charlottesville.

University of Virginia graduate students pay an average of $33,520 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, University of Virginia also is in the top 5% of our Best Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Golden Gate University - San Francisco helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal research schools in the United States. Located in the large city of San Francisco, Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Golden Gate University - San Francisco graduate students pay an average of $19,875 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 29 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a very large student population.

UC Berkeley graduate students pay an average of $29,262 in tuition and fees each year.

UC Berkeley excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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#4

Widener University

Chester, PA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Widener University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal research schools in the United States. Widener is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Chester.

Widener graduate students pay an average of $25,416 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Florida is a great value for legal research students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UF are $30,130 per year.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal research students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW - Madison are $25,501 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UW - Madison also is in the top 15% of our Best Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.

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With a ranking of #7, University of California - Los Angeles did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal research students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCLA are $28,138 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UCLA is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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#8

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Stanford University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Stanford are $55,011 per year.

Stanford did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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#9

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

With a ranking of #9, Harvard University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal research students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Harvard also did well on our Best Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 1% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#10

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

University of Chicago landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree legal research programs. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UChicago are $63,936 per year.

UChicago excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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One of 4 majors within the area of study, legal research has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
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 25 schools only.

  • 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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