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2023 Best Value Legal Research Master's Degree Schools in Missouri

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$27,096 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$68,162 Avg Salary

Legal Research is the #20 most popular major in Missouri with 411 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 Missouri ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Missouri 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.

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 Master's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found University of Missouri - Columbia to be the best value school for legal research students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Missouri. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mizzou are $11,255 per year.

Mizzou did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri list.

Full Legal Research at University of Missouri - Columbia Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri list. UMKC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Kansas City.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMKC are $11,745 per year.

Read full report on Legal Research at University of Missouri - Kansas City

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Washington University in St Louis is a great value for legal research students working on their master’s degree. WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

WUSTL graduate students pay an average of $58,288 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

WUSTL did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri list.

Read full report on Legal Research at Washington University in St Louis

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

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 78
Iowa 6
Kansas 10
Nebraska 11
North Dakota 4

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 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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