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2023 Best Value Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

8 Colleges
$32,208 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,103 Avg Salary

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, legal research was ranked #40 in the country. In fact 6,659 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for legal research students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Legal Research Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

Our analysis found Villanova University to be the best value school for legal research students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Villanova are $21,199 a year.

Villanova also took the #5 spot in our Best Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region rankings.

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#2

Seton Hall University

South Orange, NJ

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Seton Hall University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal research schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Seton Hall is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of South Orange.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Seton Hall are $26,018 a year.

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#3

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Temple is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Temple are $24,812 a 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 #4 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Columbia is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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#5

University of Baltimore

Baltimore, MD

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Baltimore. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of Baltimore, UB is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UB are $22,100 a year.

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#6

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

Drexel University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Drexel is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

Drexel graduate students pay an average of $37,074 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Pitt graduate students pay an average of $42,024 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that legal research majors at Pitt take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $23,713.

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St John’s University - New York came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. STJ is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Queens.

STJ graduate students pay an average of $31,516 in tuition and fees each year.

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Explore the best legal research schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 582
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 8 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).

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