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

5 Ranked Colleges
342 Degrees Awarded
$20,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Master's in the Southwest 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 Southwest 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 Southwest region, there were 349 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 342 general advanced legal research/studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general advanced legal research/studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general advanced legal research/studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree advanced legal research/studies students.

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Arizona State University - Skysong is located in Scottsdale, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 159 masters’s advanced legal research/studies degrees to qualified students.

ASU - Skysong not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Skysong are $6,724.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Norman, Oklahoma, and it awarded 10 masters’s advanced legal research/studies degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus are $23,236.

Full University of Oklahoma Norman Campus General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. UT Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 35 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also made our “Best General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 58 masters’s advanced legal research/studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 65 masters’s advanced legal research/studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree advanced legal research/studies students list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Tempe are $27,048, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full ASU - Tempe General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Report

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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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