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2023 Most Popular Legal Research Master's Degree Schools in California

18 Colleges
$68,162 Avg Salary

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Legal Research Master's Degree Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 18 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular master's degree 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.

Check out the legal research master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in California.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern California the most popular school in California for legal research students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 56% of the legal research majors at the school.

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#2

Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Pepperdine University is a great place for legal research students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Malibu, Pepperdine is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 80% of the legal research majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in California list. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

Women make up 55% of the legal research majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Western School of Law. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the city of San Diego, California Western is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 48% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 52% are male.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of California - Los Angeles helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal research schools in California. UCLA is a very large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

Of the 41 students majoring in legal research at UCLA, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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#6

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

University of San Diego 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 #6 on the list. USD is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

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

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#7

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

University of San Francisco came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in California ranking. Located in the large city of San Francisco, USFCA is a private not-for-profit college with a 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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University of California - Davis ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in California list. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

Of the 30 students majoring in legal research at UC Davis, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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University of California - Hastings College of Law ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in California list. UC Hastings is a small public school located in the city of San Francisco.

About 64% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 36% are male.

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University of California - Irvine came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in California ranking. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Irvine.

Women make up 55% of the legal research majors at the school.

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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 18 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).

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