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2023 Most Popular Legal Research Schools in the New England Region

13 Colleges
$58,169 Avg Salary

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.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in the New England Region 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.

#1

Boston University

Boston, MA

Our analysis found Boston University to be the most popular school for legal research students who want to pursue a degree in the New England Region . Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

The excellent programs at Harvard University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal research schools in the New England Region . Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#3

Vermont Law School

South Royalton, VT

Out of the 13 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Vermont Law School landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the remote area of South Royalton, VLS is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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The excellent programs at University of Connecticut helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal research schools in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a very large student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Northeastern University is a great place for legal research students. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

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#6

Champlain College

Burlington, VT

Champlain College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Research Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the small city of Burlington, Champlain is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#7

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Yale University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Research Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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University of New Hampshire - Franklin Pierce School of Law landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular legal research programs. Located in the fringe town of Concord, UNH Franklin Pierce is a public school with a fairly small student population.

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#9

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Tufts University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular legal research programs. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.

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University of Southern Maine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for legal research students. It came in at #10 on the list. University of Southern Maine is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Portland.

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 241
Connecticut 76
New Hampshire 17
Maine 13
Vermont 83

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 13 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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