2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Advanced Legal Research/Studies Major in the Far Western US Region

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In 2020-2021, 2,208 people earned their degree in general advanced legal research/studies, making the major the 276th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 442 general advanced legal research/studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 general advanced legal research/studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,423 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Advanced Legal Research/Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general advanced legal research/studies. That schools that top this list have a program in general advanced legal research/studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Advanced Legal Research/Studies Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Advanced Legal Research/Studies Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Advanced Legal Research/Studies in the Far Western US Region

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Stanford University
Stanford, California

#1 overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Advanced Legal Research/Studies Major in the Far Western US Region list. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Stanford, California. It awarded 5 doctorate’s advanced legal research/studies degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Stanford University General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Report

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University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, California

#3 overall quality in Far Western US

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Advanced Legal Research/Studies Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the #2 spot on the list. Berkeley, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s advanced legal research/studies degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.