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2023 Best Value Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$33,731 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,103 Avg Salary

Legal Research is the #40 most popular major in the country with 6,659 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate 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.

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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for legal research majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#1

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

Our analysis found Loyola Marymount University to be the best value school for legal research students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Loyola Marymount graduate students pay an average of $19,922 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a great value for legal research students working on their graduate certificate. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Golden Gate University - San Francisco are $19,875 a year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Southern California helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal research schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

USC graduate students pay an average of $61,396 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, USC also did well on our Best Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Explore the best legal research schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 1,054
Washington 108
Oregon 26
Nevada 8
Hawaii 7

Legal Research is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

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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