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2023 Best Value Legal Research Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

18 Colleges
$33,851 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. 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 Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 18 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which master's degree 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.

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 analysis found Loyola University Chicago to be the best value school for legal research students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Loyola Chicago graduate students pay an average of $19,894 in tuition and fees each year.

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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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Lansing, WMU-Cooley Law School is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WMU-Cooley Law School are $14,440 per year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - Madison is a great value for legal research students working on their master’s degree. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW - Madison are $25,501 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UW - Madison also did well on our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Akron Main Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal research schools in the Great Lakes Region . University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Akron.

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

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#5

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Out of the 18 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UChicago are $63,936 a year.

UChicago also made our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #3.

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#6

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

DePaul University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

DePaul graduate students pay an average of $18,341 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U-M are $50,464 per year.

U-M excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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With a ranking of #8, Illinois Institute of Technology did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal research students working on their master’s degree. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Illinois Tech graduate students pay an average of $30,822 in tuition and fees each year.

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#9

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH

Cleveland State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large city of Cleveland, Cleveland State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Cleveland State University are $18,051 a year.

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With a ranking of #10, Indiana University - Bloomington did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal research students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public school with a fairly large student population.

IU Bloomington graduate students pay an average of $33,352 in tuition and fees each year.

IU Bloomington also claimed a spot on our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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Explore the best legal research colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 50
Ohio 218
Illinois 528
Indiana 143
Wisconsin 25

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 18 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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