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2023 Best Value Legal Research Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$28,358 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$68,162 Avg Salary

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.

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

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Our analysis found University of Pennsylvania to be the best value school for legal research students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Pennsylvania. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

UPenn graduate students pay an average of $42,932 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UPenn also made our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list, coming in at #2.

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#2

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Villanova University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the large suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Villanova are $21,199 per year.

Villanova also took the #3 spot in our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania rankings.

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#3

Widener University

Chester, PA

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 moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Chester.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Widener are $25,416 per year.

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#4

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Temple is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Temple are $18,278 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public school 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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#6

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

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 city of Philadelphia.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Drexel are $37,074 per year.

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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
New York 590
Maryland 57
New Jersey 77
District of Columbia 481

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 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.

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