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2023 Best Value Legal Research Schools in Pennsylvania

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

7 Colleges
$39,489 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$62,186 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Legal Research Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Pennsylvania 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.

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.

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Legal Research Colleges.

$11,108 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named California University of Pennsylvania the best value school in Pennsylvania for legal research students. Located in the suburb of California, Cal U is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Cal U are $11,108 a year.

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#2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA
$61,710 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Pennsylvania is a great value for legal research students. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UPenn are $61,710 a year.

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

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#3

Widener University

Chester, PA
$49,706 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Widener University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Research Schools in Pennsylvania list. Widener is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Chester.

Widener undergraduate students pay an average of $49,706 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Villanova University

Villanova, PA
$59,020 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Villanova University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Villanova are $59,020 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Villanova also did well on our Best Legal Research Schools in Pennsylvania list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#5

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA
$17,378 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Temple University is a great value for legal research students. Temple is a very large public school located in the city of Philadelphia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Temple are $17,378 a year.

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$20,362 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pitt are $20,362 per year. After completing their degree, legal research graduates from Pitt carry an average student debtload of $27,000.

Pitt excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Legal Research Schools in Pennsylvania list.

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#7

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA
$57,136 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #7, Drexel University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for legal research students. Drexel is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Drexel are $57,136 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 7 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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