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2023 Best Value Legal Research Schools in Texas

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$25,068 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$60,807 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 262 degrees and certificates were awarded to legal research students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #60 most popular major in the state.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Legal Research Schools in Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Texas to see which 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 colleges and universities below are the best value schools for legal research majors pursuing a .

$11,752 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best value school in Texas for legal research students. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Austin are $11,752 per year.

UT Austin also made our Best Legal Research Schools in Texas list, coming in at #2.

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$12,204 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Schools in Texas list. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the city of College Station.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Texas A&M College Station are $12,204 a year.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #4 spot in our Best Legal Research Schools in Texas rankings.

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#3

University of Houston

Houston, TX
$9,699 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Schools in Texas list. UH is a very large public school located in the city of Houston.

UH undergraduate students pay an average of $9,699 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UH also is in the top 20% of our Best Legal Research Schools in Texas ranking.

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$8,637 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Texas Southern University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal research schools in Texas. TSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Houston.

TSU undergraduate students pay an average of $8,637 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, TX
$34,564 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at St. Mary’s University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal research schools in Texas. Located in the city of San Antonio, St. Mary's is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at St. Mary’s are $34,564 a year.

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$60,236 Average Tuition & Fees

Southern Methodist University 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. Located in the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SMU are $60,236 a year.

SMU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Legal Research Schools in Texas list.

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 411
Oklahoma 237
New Mexico 3

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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