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2023 Most Popular Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools

49 Colleges
$53,103 Avg Salary
$27,000 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, 6,659 people earned a degree or certificate in legal research, making the major the #40 most popular in the United States.

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To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 49 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Legal Research program at each school on the list.

Check out the legal research graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

Our analysis found University of Southern California to be the most popular school for legal research students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Of the 139 students majoring in legal research at USC, 41% are male and 59% are female.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Loyola University Chicago helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal research schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 136 students majoring in legal research at Loyola Chicago, 32% are male and 68% are female.

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Out of the 49 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the # 3 spot on the list. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

Of the 85 students majoring in legal research at WUSTL, 42% are male and 58% are female.

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Out of the 49 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 59% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 41% are male.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal research schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public college with a very large student population.

About 56% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 44% are male.

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#6

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

Temple University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for legal research students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Temple is a very large public school located in the city of Philadelphia.

About 57% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 43% are male.

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#7

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

University of Utah did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for legal research students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.

Women make up 43% of the legal research majors at the school.

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#8

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

With a ranking of #8, Loyola Marymount University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal research students working on their graduate certificate. Loyola Marymount is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Women make up 62% of the legal research majors at the school.

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#9

Vermont Law School

South Royalton, VT

With a ranking of #9, Vermont Law School did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal research students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the rural area of South Royalton, VLS is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

About 74% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 26% are male.

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With a ranking of #10, University of Akron Main Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal research students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Akron, University of Akron Main Campus is a public school with a large student population.

Women make up 34% of the legal research majors at the school.

Full Legal Research at University of Akron Main Campus Report

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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 26 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).

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