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2023 Best Value Legal Research Doctor's Degree Schools in New York

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$33,804 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$71,104 Avg Salary

With 582 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal research is the #39 most popular major in New York.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Legal Research Doctor's Degree Schools in New York ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in New York to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for legal research students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

Check out the legal research doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

#1

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

Our 2023 rankings named University at Buffalo the best value school in New York for legal research students working on their doctor’s degree. University at Buffalo is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Buffalo.

University at Buffalo graduate students pay an average of $14,388 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York list. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

Columbia graduate students pay an average of $52,924 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Columbia also did well on our Best Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Legal Research at Columbia University in the City of New York Report

Out of the 3 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Pace University - New York landed the # 3 spot on the list. Pace University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Pace University are $34,100 per year.

Full Legal Research at Pace University - New York Report

Explore all the Best Value Legal Research Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 345
Maryland 46
New Jersey 77
District of Columbia 481

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 3 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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