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2023 Most Popular Legal Research Schools in Illinois

8 Colleges
$105,639 Avg Salary

Legal Research is the #23 most popular major in Illinois with 528 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Legal Research Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Illinois 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Legal Research Colleges.

Our analysis found Loyola University Chicago to be the most popular school for legal research students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Research Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 8 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a very large student population.

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#4

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Research Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Illinois Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Research Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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#6

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

University of Chicago did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for legal research students. It came in at #6 on the list. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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University of Illinois at Chicago ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Research Schools in Illinois list. UIC is a very large public school located in the city of Chicago.

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Southern Illinois University Carbondale did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for legal research students. It came in at #8 on the list. SIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Carbondale.

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Explore all the Most Popular Legal Research Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 50
Ohio 213
Indiana 143
Wisconsin 25

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 8 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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