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2023 Best Value Legal Research Schools in Florida

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$26,599 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$72,237 Avg Salary

With 478 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal research is the #27 most popular major in Florida.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Florida ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Florida 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.

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 colleges and universities below are the best value schools for legal research majors pursuing a .

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL
$6,381 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Florida the best value school in Florida for legal research students. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a very large student population.

UF undergraduate students pay an average of $6,381 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, UF is ranked #1 for overall quality for legal research in Florida.

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$6,565 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Florida International University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Schools in Florida list. FIU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Miami.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at FIU are $6,565 a year.

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#3

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL
$6,517 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Florida State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tallahassee.

Florida State undergraduate students pay an average of $6,517 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Florida State also made our Best Legal Research Schools in Florida list, coming in at #5.

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#4

Stetson University

DeLand, FL
$50,800 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Stetson University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Schools in Florida list. Stetson is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of DeLand.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Stetson are $50,800 a year.

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#5

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL
$34,570 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nova Southeastern University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Research Schools in Florida list. NUS Florida is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale.

NUS Florida undergraduate students pay an average of $34,570 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#6

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL
$54,760 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Miami did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for legal research students. It came in at #6 on the list. U Miami is a large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Coral Gables.

U Miami undergraduate students pay an average of $54,760 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

U Miami also made our Best Legal Research Schools in Florida list, coming in at #4.

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State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 168
Georgia 103
North Carolina 115
Tennessee 4
Kentucky 0
Louisiana 44
Alabama 58
Mississippi 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 6 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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