A degree in general advanced legal research/studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #276 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for general advanced legal research/studies students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 172 degrees in general advanced legal research/studies to qualified students.
Choosing a Great General Advanced Legal Research/Studies School
Your choice of general advanced legal research/studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Advanced Legal Research/Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools in the New England Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for General Advanced Legal Research/Studies in the New England Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the advanced legal research/studies degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top New England Region Schools in Advanced Legal Research/Studies
It is difficult to beat Harvard University if you want to pursue a degree in general advanced legal research/studies. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Cambridge. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Harvard is a great university overall.
There were about 67 general advanced legal research/studies students who graduated with this degree at Harvard in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in general advanced legal research/studies has to check out Northeastern University. Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. This university ranks 7th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 32 general advanced legal research/studies students who graduated with this degree at Northeastern in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Connecticut is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general advanced legal research/studies. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 28 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were about 21 general advanced legal research/studies students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).