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2023 Most Popular Legal Research Schools in the Plains States Region

15 Colleges
$47,010 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.

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Legal Research Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 15 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular 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 programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Plains States Region .

Our analysis found Washington University in St Louis to be the most popular school for legal research students who want to pursue a degree in the Plains States Region . WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

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Out of the 15 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St Thomas Minnesota landed the # 2 spot on the list. UST MN is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Paul.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Research Schools in the Plains States Region list. UMKC is a large public school located in the city of Kansas City.

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#4

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN

Out of the 15 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hamline University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Hamline is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Research Schools in the Plains States Region list. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

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University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular legal research programs. Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Minnesota - Duluth did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal research students. Located in the small city of Duluth, UMN Duluth is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular legal research programs. UNL is a very large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.

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#9

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

University of Kansas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for legal research students. It came in at #9 on the list. KU is a very large public school located in the city of Lawrence.

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#9

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

University of Iowa ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Research Schools in the Plains States Region list. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Iowa City.

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State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 411
Minnesota 78
Iowa 6
Kansas 10
Nebraska 11
North Dakota 4

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 15 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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