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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Research (Income $0-$30k)

5 Ranked Colleges
176 Degrees Awarded
$17,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Legal Research is the 89th most popular major in the country with 9,738 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, legal research graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,635 and had an average of $65,122 in loans still to pay off.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 176 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in legal research. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal research programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the legal research program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree legal research students whose families make $0-$30k.

#1

Winona State University

Winona, Minnesota

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Winona State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Winona State University is located in Winona, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s legal research degrees to qualified students.

Winona State also made our “Best Legal Research Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Winona State is $12,381 for Bachelor’s Degree Legal Research students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Winona State University Legal Research Report

#2

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend James Madison University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. James Madison University is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 74 bachelors’s legal research degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree legal research students whose families make $0-$30k list, JMU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Legal Research Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for James Madison University is $14,196 for bachelor’s degree legal research students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Legal Research at JMU

#3

California University of Pennsylvania

California, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Cal U is located in California, Pennsylvania and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s legal research degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cal U, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Research Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $14,841 for Bachelor’s Degree Legal Research students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Cal U.

Full Cal U Legal Research Report

#4

University of Baltimore

Baltimore, Maryland
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Baltimore. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s legal research degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UB, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Legal Research Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $19,413 for Bachelor’s Degree Legal Research students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UB.

Read more about Legal Research at University of Baltimore

#5

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Drexel University landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s legal research degrees in 2019-2020.

Drexel did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Legal Research Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $25,234 for bachelor’s degree legal research students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Drexel.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Legal Research at Drexel

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

  • *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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