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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$16,887 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$68,162 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 262 degrees and certificates were awarded to legal research students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #138 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 Texas ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Texas 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.

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best value school in Texas for legal research students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $12,050 per year.

UT Austin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list.

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Out of the 6 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 2 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Texas A&M College Station are $10,733 a year.

Texas A&M College Station also made our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list, coming in at #5.

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#3

University of Houston

Houston, TX

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Houston helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal research schools in Texas. UH is a fairly large public school located in the city of Houston.

UH graduate students pay an average of $9,727 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend St. Mary’s University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the large city of San Antonio, St. Mary's is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at St. Mary’s are $19,846 a year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Texas Southern University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal research schools in Texas. TSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Houston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at TSU are $8,328 a year.

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Southern Methodist 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. Located in the suburb of Dallas, SMU 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 SMU are $35,802 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, SMU is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list.

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Explore all the Best Value Legal Research Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 411
Oklahoma 237
New Mexico 3

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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