2024 Best Legal Research Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

If you plan on getting your master's degree in legal research, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #37 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Legal Research Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 58 master's degrees in legal research during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on legal research students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other legal research students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt legal research students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized legal research related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for legal research students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Legal Research Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Legal Research in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in legal research.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Master's in Legal Research

1

University of Denver
Denver, CO

32 Annual Graduates

$62,915 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat University of Denver if you wish to pursue a master's degree in legal research. Located in the large city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.

Master's students who receive their degree from the legal research program make about $62,915 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a master’s in legal research from University of Denver

2

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

21 Annual Graduates

University of Colorado Boulder is a wonderful option for individuals pursuing a master's degree in legal research. CU - Boulder is a very large public university located in the city of Boulder.More information about a master’s in legal research from University of Colorado Boulder

Best Legal Research Colleges by State

Explore the best legal research schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	185	53
Utah	164	5

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Legal Research Related Rankings by Major

One of 4 majors within the Legal Professions area of study, Legal Research has other similar majors worth exploring.

Legal Research Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Advanced Legal Research/Studies	21
Tax Law/Taxation	16
Energy, Environment, & Natural Resources Law	8
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence	5
Programs for Foreign Lawyers	4
International Business, Trade, & Tax Law	4

Majors Similar to Legal Research

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Legal Professions (Other)	31

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.