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2023 Most Popular Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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

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.

The Most Popular Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools in California 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 California 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.

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern California the most popular school in California for legal research students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit 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.

Full Legal Research at University of Southern California Report

#2

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

Out of the 4 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola Marymount University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Of the 47 students majoring in legal research at Loyola Marymount, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Full Legal Research at Loyola Marymount University Report

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Golden Gate University - San Francisco helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal research schools in California. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

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#4

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of San Diego is a great place for legal research students working on their graduate certificate. USD is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.

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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 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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