2023 Best Value Legal Research Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Legal Research Master's Degree 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Legal Research Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Pennsylvania 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.
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 Master's in Legal Research
Our 2023 rankings named University of Pennsylvania the best value school in Pennsylvania for legal research students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn 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 UPenn are $42,932 a year.
UPenn did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Villanova University is a great value for legal research students working on their master’s degree. 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.
Villanova also made our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list, coming in at #3.
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Out of the 6 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Widener University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Widener is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Chester.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Widener are $25,416 a year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Temple University is a great value for legal research students working on their master’s degree. Temple is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Philadelphia.
Temple graduate students pay an average of $18,278 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public college with a very large student population.
Pitt graduate students pay an average of $25,248 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Drexel University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal research students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Drexel is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.
Drexel graduate students pay an average of $37,074 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Request InformationBest Value Legal Research Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
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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 6 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.