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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 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.

This year’s “Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 6 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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 Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 pennsylvania master’s degree legal research students whose families make $48-$75k.

#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 $48-$75k list. UPenn is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 28 masters’s legal research degrees in 2019-2020.

UPenn not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UPenn are $41,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 44 masters’s legal research degrees in 2019-2020.

Temple also made our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple are $24,236, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this large public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified masters’s legal research students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pitt, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus are $40,836, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

Villanova University

Villanova, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Villanova University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Villanova, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Villanova are $20,719, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Widener University

Chester, Pennsylvania

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Widener University landed the #5 spot on the list. Chester, Pennsylvania 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 16 students in 2019-2020.

Widener also took the #4 spot in our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Widener University are $24,810, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Drexel University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. 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.

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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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