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Best Value Legal Research Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

2023 Best Value Legal Research Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$38,102 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$71,104 Avg Salary

Legal Research is the #107 most popular major in the country with 6,874 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Legal Research Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for legal research students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

Our 2023 rankings named University of Kansas the best value school in the Plains States Region for legal research students working on their doctor’s degree. KU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Lawrence.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at KU are $25,007 per year.

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Iowa City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa are $31,012 per year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Washington University in St Louis helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal research schools in the Plains States Region . WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WUSTL are $58,288 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, WUSTL also is in the top 10% of our Best Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.

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Explore the best legal research colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 411
Minnesota 91
Kansas 10
Iowa 6
Nebraska 11
North Dakota 4
South Dakota 8

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 Support Services 11,545
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 4,407
Legal Professions (Other) 2,013

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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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