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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Advanced Legal Research/Studies Major in the Southwest Region

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Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Advanced Legal Research/Studies Major in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Advanced Legal Research/Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking.

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 Southwest region, there were 406 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 394 general advanced legal research/studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Advanced Legal Research/Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general advanced legal research/studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general advanced legal research/studies.

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

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Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Advanced Legal Research/Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #1 spot on the list. Scottsdale, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s advanced legal research/studies degrees to 205 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Advanced Legal Research/Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 109 masters’s advanced legal research/studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Advanced Legal Research/Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 57 diplomas to qualified masters’s advanced legal research/studies students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Southern University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Advanced Legal Research/Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas Southern University is a medium-sized public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 2 masters’s advanced legal research/studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Full TSU General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Advanced Legal Research/Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified masters’s advanced legal research/studies students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full University of Oklahoma General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Report

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University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Advanced Legal Research/Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 3 masters’s advanced legal research/studies degrees in 2020-2021.

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The University of Texas at Austin did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Advanced Legal Research/Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s advanced legal research/studies degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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 The University of Texas at Austin General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Report

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Wayland Baptist University
Plainview, Texas

Wayland Baptist University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Advanced Legal Research/Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Wayland Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Plainview, Texas. It awarded 0 masters’s advanced legal research/studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Wayland Baptist University General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Report

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