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2023 Most Popular Legal Research Schools in California

19 Colleges
$75,122 Avg Salary

Legal Research is the #91 most popular major in California with 1,054 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Most Popular Legal Research Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 19 schools in California to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Legal Research program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for legal research majors pursuing a .

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern California the most popular school in California for legal research students. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#2

Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pepperdine University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Research Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of Malibu, Pepperdine is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at University of California - Berkeley helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal research schools in California. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the city of Berkeley.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Western School of Law. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Research Schools in California list. Located in the city of San Diego, California Western is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#5

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

Out of the 19 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola Marymount University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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With a ranking of #6, University of California - Los Angeles did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal research students. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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#7

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

University of San Diego did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for legal research students. It came in at #7 on the list. USD is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.

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#8

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

University of San Francisco did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for legal research students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of San Francisco, USFCA is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #9, University of California - Davis did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal research students. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the suburb of Davis.

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University of California - Hastings College of Law came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Research Schools in California ranking. UC Hastings is a small public school located in the city of San Francisco.

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 108
Oregon 26
Nevada 8
Hawaii 7

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 19 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).

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