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2023 Most Popular Legal Research Master's Degree Schools

154 Colleges
$68,162 Avg Salary

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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The Most Popular Legal Research Master's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 154 schools in the United States to see which master's degree 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 Master's Degree Colleges.

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Our analysis found Georgetown University to be the most popular school for legal research students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Women make up 51% of the legal research majors at the school.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Washington University in St Louis is a great place for legal research students working on their master’s degree. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

Women make up 65% of the legal research majors at the school.

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Out of the 154 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the # 3 spot on the list. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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

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Out of the 154 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. University of Oklahoma is a very large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman.

Women make up 63% of the legal research majors at the school.

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Out of the 154 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public school with a very large student population.

About 65% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 35% are male.

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#6

New York University

New York, NY

New York University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 35% of the legal research majors at the school.

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#7

Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA

Pepperdine University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Pepperdine is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Malibu.

About 80% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 20% are male.

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#8

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

With a ranking of #8, Florida State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal research students working on their master’s degree. Florida State is a very large public school located in the city of Tallahassee.

About 63% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 37% are male.

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With a ranking of #9, University of California - Berkeley did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal research students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a very large student population.

About 55% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 45% are male.

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#10

Boston University

Boston, MA

With a ranking of #10, Boston University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal research students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 50% are male.

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Loyola University Chicago came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 116 students majoring in legal research at Loyola Chicago, 22% are male and 78% are female.

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Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree legal research programs. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.

Of the 110 students majoring in legal research at Texas A&M College Station, 56% are male and 44% are female.

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#13

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

With a ranking of #13, Liberty University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal research students working on their master’s degree. Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg.

About 55% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 45% are male.

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California Western School of Law did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for legal research students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #14 on the list. California Western is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

Of the 103 students majoring in legal research at California Western, 52% are male and 48% are female.

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#15

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

University of Miami did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for legal research students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #15 on the list. U Miami is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Coral Gables.

Women make up 51% of the legal research majors at the school.

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #16 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree legal research programs. UW Seattle is a very large public school located in the large city of Seattle.

Of the 100 students majoring in legal research at UW Seattle, 36% are male and 64% are female.

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#17

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University landed the #17 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree legal research programs. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

About 47% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 53% are male.

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With a ranking of #18, Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal research students working on their master’s degree. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

Of the 94 students majoring in legal research at Columbia, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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#19

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 88 students majoring in legal research at UF, 57% are male and 43% are female.

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#20

American University

Washington, DC

American University landed the #20 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree legal research programs. Located in the city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Women make up 70% of the legal research majors at the school.

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#21

Fordham University

Bronx, NY

Fordham University came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Bronx, Fordham U is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

About 69% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 31% are male.

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#22

Seton Hall University

South Orange, NJ

With a ranking of #22, Seton Hall University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal research students working on their master’s degree. Seton Hall is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of South Orange.

Of the 76 students majoring in legal research at Seton Hall, 18% are male and 82% are female.

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#23

George Washington University

Washington, DC

George Washington University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools ranking. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Of the 74 students majoring in legal research at GWU, 51% are male and 49% are female.

Full Legal Research at George Washington University Report

Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional popular schools for Legal Research students that almost earned our Most Popular Legal Research Master's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
24 Emory University Atlanta, GA
25 Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL
26 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH
27 Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC
28 Harvard University Cambridge, MA
29 Arizona State University - Tempe Tempe, AZ
30 University of Dayton Dayton, OH

View the Most Popular Legal Research Master's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 25 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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