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

5 Colleges
$68,162 Avg Salary

Legal Research is the #44 most popular major in Virginia with 168 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

The Most Popular Legal Research Master's Degree Schools in Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Virginia 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.

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

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Our analysis found Liberty University to be the most popular school for legal research students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Virginia. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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

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#2

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia list. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public school with a very large student population.

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

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Virginia - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal research schools in Virginia. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a very large student population.

About 60% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 40% are male.

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#4

University of Richmond

University of Richmond, VA

Out of the 5 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Richmond landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of University of Richmond, URichmond is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#5

Regent University

Virginia Beach, VA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Regent University is a great place for legal research students working on their master’s degree. Regent is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Virginia Beach.

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State Degrees Awarded
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 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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