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2023 Most Popular Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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

Legal Research is the #40 most popular major in the country with 6,659 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Southeast Region 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.

#1

St. Thomas University

Miami Gardens, FL

Our analysis found St. Thomas University to be the most popular school for legal research students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the suburb of Miami Gardens, STU is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

About 71% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 29% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a great place for legal research students working on their graduate certificate. Louisiana State University is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge.

About 33% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 67% are male.

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#3

University of Mississippi

University, MS

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Mississippi is a great place for legal research students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of University, Ole Miss is a public school with a very large student population.

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#4

Regent University

Virginia Beach, VA

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

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#4

Campbell University

Buies Creek, NC

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Campbell University is a great place for legal research students working on their graduate certificate. Campbell is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the town of Buies Creek.

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#4

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Wake Forest University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal research schools in the Southeast Region . Wake Forest University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Winston-Salem.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal research schools in the Southeast Region . UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Knoxville.

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State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 168
Florida 478
Georgia 103
North Carolina 115
Tennessee 4
Kentucky 0
Louisiana 44
Alabama 58
Mississippi 4

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 7 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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