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2023 Best Value Legal Research Schools in Michigan

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$16,196 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$43,655 Avg Salary

Legal Research is the #180 most popular major in Michigan with 50 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Legal Research Schools in Michigan ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Michigan to see which 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

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

$17,193 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Michigan - Ann Arbor the best value school in Michigan for legal research students. Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at U-M are $17,193 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, U-M is ranked #2 for overall quality for legal research in Michigan.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Schools in Michigan list. WMU-Cooley Law School is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Lansing.

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#3

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI
$15,199 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wayne State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Schools in Michigan list. Wayne State is a very large public school located in the large city of Detroit.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wayne State are $15,199 per year.

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Explore all the Best Value Legal Research Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 218
Illinois 528
Indiana 143
Wisconsin 25

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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