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2023 Best Value Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$24,901 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.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

Check out the legal research graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Our 2023 rankings named University of Utah the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for legal research students working on their graduate certificate. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of U are $25,705 per year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at The University of Montana helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal research schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . UM is a large public school located in the city of Missoula.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UM are $24,096 a year.

Full Legal Research at The University of Montana Report

Explore the best legal research schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 53
Utah 54
Montana 7

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 2 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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