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2023 Most Popular Online Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools

13 Colleges
$53,103 Avg Salary
$27,000 Avg Student Debt

Legal Research is the #107 most popular major in the country with 6,874 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'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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in the United States to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for legal research majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern California the most popular online school in the United States for legal research students working on their graduate certificate. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

About 59% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 41% are male.

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#2

Vermont Law School

South Royalton, VT

Out of the 13 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Vermont Law School landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of South Royalton, VLS is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 74% of the legal research majors at the school.

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#3

Champlain College

Burlington, VT

Out of the 13 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Champlain College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Burlington, Champlain is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 72% of the legal research majors at the school.

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#4

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola Marymount University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools list. Loyola Marymount is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

Of the 47 students majoring in legal research at Loyola Marymount, 38% are male and 62% are female.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at University of Missouri - Columbia helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal research schools in the United States. Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 67% of the legal research majors at the school.

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#6

Albany Law School

Albany, NY

Albany Law School did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for legal research students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Albany Law is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Albany.

Of the 5 students majoring in legal research at Albany Law, 20% are male and 80% are female.

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Golden Gate University - San Francisco landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate legal research programs. Located in the city of San Francisco, Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#7

Seton Hall University

South Orange, NJ

Seton Hall University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate legal research programs. Seton Hall is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of South Orange.

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#7

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Harvard University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Legal Research Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#7

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

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

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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 13 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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