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2023 Best Value Legal Research Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$44,530 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$68,162 Avg Salary

With 481 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal research is the #13 most popular major in District of Columbia.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in District of Columbia 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.

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. 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.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for legal research majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our analysis found George Washington University to be the best value school for legal research students who want to pursue a master’s degree in District of Columbia. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at GWU are $32,904 a year.

GWU also took the #2 spot in our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

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#2

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list. Located in the large city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Georgetown are $55,128 a year.

Georgetown not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list.

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#3

American University

Washington, DC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at The American University are $38,456 per year.

The American University also made our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list, coming in at #3.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Catholic University of America. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list. CUA is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CUA are $51,630 a year.

CUA also made our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list, coming in at #4.

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Explore all the Best Value Legal Research Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 382
New York 590
Maryland 57
New Jersey 77

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 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.

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