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2022 Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

9 Ranked Colleges
551 Degrees Awarded
$37,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Master's in the Far Western US Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 2,966 people earned their degree in general advanced legal research/studies, making the major the 252nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 614 general advanced legal research/studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 551 general advanced legal research/studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in general advanced legal research/studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general advanced legal research/studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general advanced legal research/studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region.

#1

Seattle University

Seattle, Washington
#9 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Seattle University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Seattle, Washington, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 12 degrees to qualified masters’s advanced legal research/studies students in 2019-2020.

Seattle U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Seattle University are $14,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 20 masters’s advanced legal research/studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region master’s degree advanced legal research/studies students list, UW Seattle has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294.

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#3

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region list. UCLA is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 208 masters’s advanced legal research/studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCLA, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCLA are $28,131, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, California
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Francisco landed the #4 spot on the list. San Francisco, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s advanced legal research/studies degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

USFCA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of San Francisco are $26,710, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

University of San Diego

San Diego, California
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of San Diego. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region list. USD is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in San Diego, California. It awarded 3 masters’s advanced legal research/studies degrees in 2019-2020.

USD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USD are $28,410, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, University of Southern California did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region list. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 91 masters’s advanced legal research/studies degrees in 2019-2020.

USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#7

University of the Pacific

Stockton, California
#7 in overall quality

University of the Pacific came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region ranking. University of the Pacific is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Stockton, California. It awarded 12 masters’s advanced legal research/studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Pacific not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of the Pacific are $49,374, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#8 in overall quality

University of California - Hastings College of Law came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region ranking. University of California - Hastings College of Law is located in San Francisco, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s advanced legal research/studies degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Hastings, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Hastings College of Law are $53,772, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#9

Stanford University

Stanford, California
#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #9, Stanford University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region list. This fairly large school is located in Stanford, California, and it awarded 82 masters’s advanced legal research/studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Stanford did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stanford University are $55,011, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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