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2023 Best Value Legal Research Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$37,867 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$68,162 Avg Salary

Legal Research is the #107 most popular major in the country with 6,874 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Our analysis found University of Utah to be the best value school for legal research students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . U of U is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U of U are $25,705 a year.

Read full report on Legal Research at University of Utah

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. CU - Boulder is a very large public school located in the city of Boulder.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU - Boulder are $33,953 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, CU - Boulder also is in the top 15% of our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.

Full Legal Research at University of Colorado Boulder Report

#3

University of Denver

Denver, CO

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

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at DU are $53,943 per year.

Full Legal Research at University of Denver Report

Explore the best legal research colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 53
Utah 54
Montana 7

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 3 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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