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2023 Best Value Legal Research Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$52,385 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$105,639 Avg Salary

Legal Research is the #23 most popular major in Illinois with 528 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Legal Research Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Illinois to see which 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. 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.

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

$47,808 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Loyola University Chicago to be the best value school for legal research students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Loyola Chicago are $47,808 per year.

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#2

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL
$60,963 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Research Schools in Illinois list. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UChicago are $60,963 per year.

UChicago also made our Best Legal Research Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #2.

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#3

DePaul University

Chicago, IL
$42,012 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Research Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

DePaul undergraduate students pay an average of $42,012 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$50,375 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Illinois Institute of Technology. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Illinois Tech are $50,375 a year.

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#5

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL
$60,768 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Northwestern undergraduate students pay an average of $60,768 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Northwestern did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Legal Research Schools in Illinois list.

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Explore all the Best Value Legal Research Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 50
Ohio 213
Indiana 143
Wisconsin 25

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 5 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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