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2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
176 Degrees Awarded
$18,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

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 $30-$48k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal research. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal research programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the legal research program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k.

#1

Winona State University

Winona, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Winona State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Winona State is a medium-sized public school situated in Winona, Minnesota. It awarded 11 bachelors’s legal research degrees in 2019-2020.

Winona State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Legal Research Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Winona State is $13,606 for bachelor’s degree legal research students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.

Read more about Legal Research at Winona State

#2

California University of Pennsylvania

California, Pennsylvania

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, California University of Pennsylvania landed the #2 spot on the list. California, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s legal research degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

Cal U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Legal Research Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend California University of Pennsylvania is $14,428 for bachelor’s degree legal research students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Cal U Legal Research Report

#3

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, Virginia

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, James Madison University landed the #3 spot on the list. Harrisonburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s legal research degrees to 74 students in 2019-2020.

JMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Legal Research Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $15,726 for Bachelor’s Degree Legal Research students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend James Madison University.

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.

Full JMU Legal Research Report

#4

University of Baltimore

Baltimore, Maryland
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Baltimore landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Baltimore is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s legal research degrees to qualified students.

UB also took the #5 spot in our “Best Legal Research Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $19,192 for Bachelor’s Degree Legal Research students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Baltimore.

Read more about Legal Research at UB

#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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Drexel University landed the #5 spot on the list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s legal research degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

Drexel not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Legal Research Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Drexel is $27,057 for Bachelor’s Degree Legal Research students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Drexel University Legal Research Report

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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