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2023 Best Value Legal Research Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

20 Colleges
$34,915 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$68,162 Avg Salary

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, legal research was ranked #107 in the country. In fact 6,874 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Best Value Legal Research Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 20 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value master'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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Legal Research Master's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Thomas Jefferson School of Law the best value school in the Far Western US Region for legal research students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of San Diego, Thomas Jefferson School of Law is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Thomas Jefferson School of Law are $1,620 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Golden Gate University - San Francisco. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

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

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of California - Berkeley helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal research schools in the Far Western US Region . UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Berkeley are $29,262 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UC Berkeley is ranked #3 for overall quality for legal research in the Far Western US Region .

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#4

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seattle University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Seattle U graduate students pay an average of $14,310 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of San Diego. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. USD is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

USD graduate students pay an average of $28,410 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, USD also did well on our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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University of California - Los Angeles landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree legal research programs. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCLA are $28,138 per year.

UCLA also took the #5 spot in our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region rankings.

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Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

Santa Clara University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree legal research programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SCU are $25,170 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, SCU is ranked #4 for overall quality for legal research in the Far Western US Region .

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#8

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

With a ranking of #8, Stanford University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal research students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Stanford graduate students pay an average of $55,011 in tuition and fees each year.

Stanford also made our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #2.

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With a ranking of #9, University of California - Irvine did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal research students working on their master’s degree. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Irvine.

UC Irvine graduate students pay an average of $28,458 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of California - Davis ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

UC Davis graduate students pay an average of $28,710 in tuition and fees each year.

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Explore the best legal research colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 1,054
Washington 108
Oregon 26
Nevada 8
Hawaii 7

Legal Research is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

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 20 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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