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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Research (Income $48-$75k) in New Jersey

1 Ranked Colleges
92 Degrees Awarded
$25,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master's in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking.

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 New Jersey, there were 92 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $94,300 and $41,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 92 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,690 and $39,821 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal research programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the legal research program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey master’s degree legal research students whose families make $48-$75k.

#1

Seton Hall University

South Orange, New Jersey

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Seton Hall University landed the #1 spot on the list. South Orange, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s legal research degrees to 92 students in 2019-2020.

Seton Hall also made our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Seton Hall are $25,172, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Legal Research at Seton Hall 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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