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2023 Most Popular Legal Research Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

12 Colleges
$68,162 Avg Salary

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, legal research was ranked #107 in the country. In fact 6,874 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Legal Research Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the New England Region to see which master's degree 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Legal Research Master's Degree Colleges.

#1

Boston University

Boston, MA

Our analysis found Boston University to be the most popular school for legal research students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the New England Region . Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

About 50% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 50% are male.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

About 53% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 47% are male.

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Out of the 12 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the # 3 spot on the list. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.

Women make up 52% of the legal research majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Northeastern University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal research schools in the New England Region . Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 63% of the legal research majors at the school.

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#5

Vermont Law School

South Royalton, VT

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Vermont Law School helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal research schools in the New England Region . VLS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of South Royalton.

Of the 24 students majoring in legal research at VLS, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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University of New Hampshire - Franklin Pierce School of Law did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for legal research students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. UNH Franklin Pierce is a small public school located in the fringe town of Concord.

About 18% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 82% are male.

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#7

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Tufts University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for legal research students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

About 73% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 27% are male.

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Western New England University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree legal research programs. Located in the city of Springfield, Western New England is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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

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#9

Yale University

New Haven, CT

With a ranking of #9, Yale University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal research students working on their master’s degree. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New Haven.

Women make up 57% of the legal research majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #10, University of Southern Maine did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal research students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Explore the best legal research schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 262
Connecticut 76
New Hampshire 17
Maine 14
Vermont 83

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 12 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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