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2023 Best Value Legal Research Schools in District of Columbia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$55,358 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$82,283 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, legal research students earned 481 degrees and certificates from a District of Columbia school, making the subject the 6th in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 District of Columbia ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones offered the best value 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.

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

Our analysis found George Washington University to be the best value school for legal research students who want to pursue a degree in District of Columbia. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at GWU are $57,984 a year.

GWU also made our Best Legal Research Schools in District of Columbia list, coming in at #2.

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#2

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

The excellent programs at Georgetown University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal research schools in District of Columbia. Georgetown is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Georgetown undergraduate students pay an average of $59,957 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Georgetown also took the #1 spot in our Best Legal Research Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

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#3

American University

Washington, DC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Research Schools in District of Columbia list. Located in the large city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The American University undergraduate students pay an average of $51,334 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, The American University is ranked #3 for overall quality for legal research in District of Columbia.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Research Schools in District of Columbia list. Located in the large city of Washington, CUA is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CUA are $52,156 per year.

CUA did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Legal Research Schools in District of Columbia list.

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 582
Pennsylvania 345
Maryland 46
New Jersey 77

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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 4 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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