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Most Popular Legal Research Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

2023 Most Popular Legal Research Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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$68,162 Avg Salary

Legal Research is the #107 most popular major in the country with 6,874 degrees and certificates awarded 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 Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in the Plains States 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for legal research majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Washington University in St Louis the most popular school in the Plains States Region for legal research students working on their master’s degree. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

About 65% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 35% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St Thomas Minnesota. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. UST MN is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Paul.

About 72% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 28% are male.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Missouri - Kansas City helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal research schools in the Plains States Region . UMKC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Kansas City.

Of the 23 students majoring in legal research at UMKC, 48% are male and 52% are female.

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#4

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN

Out of the 13 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hamline University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Hamline is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.

About 90% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 10% are male.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal research schools in the Plains States Region . UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

About 26% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 74% are male.

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University of Minnesota - Duluth landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree legal research programs. Located in the city of Duluth, UMN Duluth is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 13 students majoring in legal research at UMN Duluth, 46% are male and 54% are female.

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. UNL is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.

About 9% of the students majoring in legal research at the school are women while 91% are male.

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University of Missouri - Columbia 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 #8 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a very large student population.

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

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#9

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

University of Iowa 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 #9 on the list. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Iowa City.

Women make up 40% of the legal research majors at the school.

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#10

Washburn University

Topeka, KS

With a ranking of #10, Washburn University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal research students working on their master’s degree. Washburn University is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Topeka.

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

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Explore the best legal research schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 411
Minnesota 91
Kansas 10
Iowa 6
Nebraska 11
North Dakota 4
South Dakota 8

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).

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