2023 Best Value Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Legal Research Graduate Certificate School for You
Legal Research is the #95 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 382 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 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, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for legal research students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Legal Research
Our 2023 rankings named Villanova University the best value school in Pennsylvania for legal research students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Villanova are $21,199 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Villanova is ranked #4 for overall quality for legal research in Pennsylvania.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Temple is a fairly large public school located in the city of Philadelphia.
Temple graduate students pay an average of $18,278 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 4 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Pitt are $25,248 a year. The average amount in student loans that legal research majors at Pitt take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $23,713.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Drexel University is a great value for legal research students working on their graduate certificate. Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Drexel are $37,074 per year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New York | 590 |
| Maryland | 57 |
| New Jersey | 77 |
| District of Columbia | 481 |
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Legal Research Related Majors for Legal Research
One of 4 majors within the area of study, legal research has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Legal Research
| 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 4 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.