2024 Best Legal Research Master's Degree Schools in Colorado

a master's degree in legal research is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #37 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for legal research students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 53 master's degrees in legal research to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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

The legal research school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Legal Research Master's Degree Schools in Colorado.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Legal Research in Colorado

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in legal research.

Top Colorado Schools for a Master's in Legal Research

1

University of Denver
Denver, CO

32 Annual Graduates

$62,915 Median Starting Salary

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

Students who graduate with their master's from the legal research program state that they receive average early career income of $62,915.

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

Best Legal Research Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Legal Research Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
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	7
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence	5
International Business, Trade, & Tax Law	4

Most Popular Majors Related to Legal Research

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Legal Professions (Other)	16

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.