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2023 Most Popular Legal Research Schools in California

19 Colleges
$75,122 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 1,054 degrees and certificates were awarded to legal research students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #26 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Most Popular Legal Research Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 19 schools in California to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Legal Research program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for legal research majors pursuing a .

Our analysis found University of Southern California to be the most popular school for legal research students who want to pursue a degree in California. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#2

Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA

Out of the 19 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Pepperdine University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Malibu, Pepperdine is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of California - Berkeley is a great place for legal research students. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Western School of Law. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Research Schools in California list. Located in the city of San Diego, California Western is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#5

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Loyola Marymount University is a great place for legal research students. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #6, University of California - Los Angeles did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal research students. UCLA is a very large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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#7

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

University of San Diego ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Research Schools in California list. USD is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

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#8

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

University of San Francisco ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Research Schools in California list. Located in the city of San Francisco, USFCA is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #9, University of California - Davis did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal research students. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

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University of California - Irvine ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Research Schools in California list. UC Irvine is a very large public school located in the city of Irvine.

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 108
Oregon 26
Nevada 8
Hawaii 7

Legal Research is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

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 19 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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