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2023 Most Popular Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, legal research was ranked #40 in the country. In fact 6,659 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

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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 in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Plains States 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.

Our analysis found Washington University in St Louis to be the most popular school for legal research students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

About 58% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 42% are male.

Full Legal Research at Washington University in St Louis Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - Columbia is a great place for legal research students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 67% of the legal research majors at the school.

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#3

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

Out of the 5 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Grand Forks, UND is a public college with a large student population.

Of the 4 students majoring in legal research at UND, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. UNL is a very large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.

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#4

Webster University

Saint Louis, MO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Webster University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, Webster is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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Explore the best legal research schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 411
Minnesota 78
Iowa 6
Kansas 10
Nebraska 11
North Dakota 4

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 5 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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