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2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
225 Degrees Awarded
$24,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master's in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 9,738 people earned their degree in legal research, making the major the 89th most popular in the United States. 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.

Across Texas, there were 228 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,000 and $51,027 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 225 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k.

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 58 masters’s legal research degrees to qualified students.

Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Legal Research at Texas A&M College Station

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 35 masters’s legal research degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also took the #2 spot in our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886.

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#3

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #3 spot on the list. UH is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 30 masters’s legal research degrees to qualified students.

UH also made our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH are $18,689, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UH Legal Research Report

#4

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St. Mary’s University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k. St. Mary’s is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 45 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Mary’s not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. Mary’s University are $19,320, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Legal Research at St. Mary’s

#5

Texas Southern University

Houston, Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Southern University landed the #5 spot on the list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s legal research degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

TSU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at TSU are $13,221, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Legal Research at TSU

Southern Methodist University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. SMU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 33 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SMU are $47,478, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Legal Research at Southern Methodist University

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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