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2023 Best Value Legal Research Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$55,358 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$82,283 Avg Salary

With 481 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal research is the #13 most popular major in District of Columbia.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Legal Research Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in District of Columbia to see which 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

Our analysis found George Washington University to be the best value school for legal research students who want to pursue a degree in District of Columbia. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at GWU are $57,984 a year.

GWU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Legal Research Schools in District of Columbia list.

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#2

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Out of the 4 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Georgetown are $59,957 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Georgetown is ranked #1 for overall quality for legal research in District of Columbia.

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#3

American University

Washington, DC

The excellent programs at American University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal research schools in District of Columbia. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at The American University are $51,334 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, The American University is ranked #3 for overall quality for legal research in District of Columbia.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Research Schools in District of Columbia list. CUA is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

CUA undergraduate students pay an average of $52,156 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

CUA also made our Best Legal Research Schools in District of Columbia list, coming in at #4.

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 382
New York 590
Maryland 57
New Jersey 77

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Legal Research is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

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 4 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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