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2023 Best Value Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

34 Colleges
$29,585 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,103 Avg Salary

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

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 34 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for legal research students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Check out the legal research graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Our 2023 rankings named Loyola University Chicago the best value school in the United States for legal research students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Loyola Chicago are $19,894 per year.

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#2

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola Marymount University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools list. Loyola Marymount is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Loyola Marymount are $19,922 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Loyola Marymount also did well on our Best Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Golden Gate University - San Francisco helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal research schools in the United States. Located in the city of San Francisco, Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Golden Gate University - San Francisco are $19,875 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Golden Gate University - San Francisco also did well on our Best Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#4

Champlain College

Burlington, VT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Champlain College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the small city of Burlington, Champlain is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Champlain are $14,310 per year.

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#5

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

Out of the 34 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Villanova University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Villanova are $21,199 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Villanova also is in the top 5% of our Best Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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University of Akron Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal research students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Akron, University of Akron Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.

University of Akron Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $11,936 in tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Seton Hall University

South Orange, NJ

Seton Hall University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal research students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Seton Hall is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of South Orange.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Seton Hall are $26,018 per year.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW - Madison are $25,501 a year.

UW - Madison excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $24,432 a year.

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#10

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

University of North Dakota ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the small city of Grand Forks, UND is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UND are $18,968 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UND also is in the top 15% of our Best Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 26 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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