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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Research (Income $30-$48k) in Pennsylvania

6 Ranked Colleges
199 Degrees Awarded
$31,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master's in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k” 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.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 282 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,233 and $31,667 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 199 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 Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in legal research. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great legal research programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Pennsylvania is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 28 masters’s legal research degrees to qualified students.

UPenn also made our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UPenn are $41,760.

Full University of Pennsylvania Legal Research Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k. Pitt is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 masters’s legal research degrees to qualified students.

Pitt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Pitt are $40,836.

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#3

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #3 spot on the list. Temple University is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 44 masters’s legal research degrees to qualified students.

Temple did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Temple are $24,236.

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#4

Villanova University

Villanova, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Villanova University landed the #4 spot on the list. Villanova, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s legal research degrees to 41 students in 2019-2020.

Villanova also took the #3 spot in our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Villanova University are $20,719, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drexel University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s legal research degrees to 56 students in 2019-2020.

Drexel also took the #6 spot in our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drexel are $37,074, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Legal Research at Drexel University

#6

Widener University

Chester, Pennsylvania

Widener University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k list. Widener University is a medium-sized school located in Chester, Pennsylvania that handed out 16 masters’s legal research degrees in 2019-2020.

Widener did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Widener are $24,810.

Read more about Legal Research at Widener

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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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