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2023 Best Value Legal Research Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$37,500 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$62,915 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.

The Best Value Legal Research Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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.

#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. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the city of Salt Lake City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at U of U are $28,345 a year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Colorado Boulder is a great value for legal research students. CU - Boulder is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Boulder.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CU - Boulder are $38,358 per year.

CU - Boulder excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Legal Research Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means The University of Montana is a great value for legal research students. UM is a large public school located in the city of Missoula.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UM are $28,476 per year.

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#4

University of Denver

Denver, CO

Out of the 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the # 4 spot on the list. DU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

DU undergraduate students pay an average of $54,819 in tuition and fees each year.

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

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 53
Utah 54
Montana 7

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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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