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2023 Best Value Legal Research Schools in Virginia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$16,355 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,747 Avg Salary

With 259 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, legal research is the #85 most popular major in Virginia.

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 Schools in Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Virginia 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.

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 .

$19,785 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Virginia - Main Campus the best value school in Virginia for legal research students. University of Virginia is a very large public school located in the suburb of Charlottesville.

University of Virginia undergraduate students pay an average of $19,785 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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#2

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA
$13,119 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at George Mason University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal research schools in Virginia. GMU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Fairfax.

GMU undergraduate students pay an average of $13,119 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

GMU also claimed a spot on our Best Legal Research Schools in Virginia list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#3

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA
$16,160 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Schools in Virginia list. Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Liberty University are $16,160 per year.

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#4

University of Richmond

University of Richmond, VA
$58,570 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Richmond. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Research Schools in Virginia list. URichmond is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of University of Richmond.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at URichmond are $58,570 a year.

URichmond excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Legal Research Schools in Virginia list.

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State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 103
North Carolina 115
Florida 495
Tennessee 4
Kentucky 0
Louisiana 44
Alabama 58
Mississippi 4

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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