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2023 Best Value Legal Research Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

18 Colleges
$33,851 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$68,162 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Legal Research Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 18 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which master'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.

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 master's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Loyola University Chicago the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for legal research students working on their master’s degree. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Loyola Chicago graduate students pay an average of $19,894 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 18 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Lansing, WMU-Cooley Law School is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

WMU-Cooley Law School graduate students pay an average of $14,440 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 18 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the # 3 spot on the list. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison.

UW - Madison graduate students pay an average of $25,501 in tuition and fees each year.

UW - Madison excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Akron Main Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Akron Main Campus is a large public school located in the midsize city of Akron.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Akron Main Campus are $11,936 a year.

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#5

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UChicago are $63,936 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UChicago is ranked #3 for overall quality for legal research in the Great Lakes Region .

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#6

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

DePaul University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

DePaul graduate students pay an average of $18,341 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree legal research programs. U-M is a very large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.

U-M graduate students pay an average of $50,464 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, U-M is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Illinois Institute of Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal research students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Illinois Tech are $30,822 a year.

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#9

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH

Cleveland State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Cleveland, Cleveland State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Cleveland State University graduate students pay an average of $18,051 in tuition and fees each year.

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Indiana University - Bloomington ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at IU Bloomington are $33,352 a year.

IU Bloomington excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 50
Illinois 528
Ohio 213
Indiana 143
Wisconsin 25

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 18 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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