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2023 Best Value Legal Research Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$37,500 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$62,915 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 Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value 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 colleges and universities below are the best value schools for legal research majors pursuing a .

#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 degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . U of U is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at U of U are $28,345 a year.

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

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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 Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. CU - Boulder is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Boulder.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CU - Boulder are $38,358 per year.

CU - Boulder excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Legal Research Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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$28,476 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means The University of Montana is a great value for legal research students. UM is a large public school located in the city of Missoula.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UM are $28,476 per year.

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#4

University of Denver

Denver, CO

The excellent programs at University of Denver helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal research schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.

DU undergraduate students pay an average of $54,819 in tuition and fees each year.

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

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 53
Utah 54
Montana 7

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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 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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