2023 Best Value Legal Research Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Legal Research Master's Degree School for You
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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
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 Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 19 schools in the Southeast 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.
Top 10 Best Legal Research Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found University of Virginia - Main Campus to be the best value school for legal research students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southeast Region . University of Virginia is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Charlottesville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Virginia are $33,520 per year.
University of Virginia did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Florida is a great value for legal research students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UF are $30,130 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UF also did well on our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Out of the 19 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 per year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Mississippi College is a great value for legal research students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Clinton, MC is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MC are $12,796 per year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Stetson University is a great value for legal research students working on their master’s degree. Stetson is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of DeLand.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Stetson are $17,671 a year.
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Florida International University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree legal research programs. FIU is a very large public school located in the suburb of Miami.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at FIU are $24,211 per year.
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The University of Alabama ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Tuscaloosa, UA is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UA are $30,940 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UA also is in the top 15% of our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
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With a ranking of #7, University of Richmond did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal research students working on their master’s degree. URichmond is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of University of Richmond.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at URichmond are $25,620 per year.
URichmond also claimed a spot on our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.
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University of Georgia ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. UGA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Athens.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UGA are $27,464 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UGA is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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Vanderbilt 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 #10 on the list. Located in the large city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Vanderbilt are $52,162 per year.
Vanderbilt also made our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #4.
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Explore the best legal research schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 103 |
| Virginia | 259 |
| North Carolina | 115 |
| Florida | 495 |
| Tennessee | 4 |
| Kentucky | 0 |
| Louisiana | 44 |
| Alabama | 58 |
| Mississippi | 4 |
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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.
Majors Similar 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 19 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).
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