2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Oregon

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Oregon” 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 Oregon, there were 25 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 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 Oregon” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Oregon

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Oregon.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Research in Oregon

#1

Lewis & Clark College

Portland, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$17,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$63,005 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lewis & Clark College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Oregon list. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s legal research degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lewis and Clark College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lewis & Clark College are $17,550, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Legal Research at Lewis and Clark College

#2

Willamette University

Salem, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$45,290 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Willamette University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Oregon. Located in Salem, Oregon, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s legal research students in 2019-2020.

Willamette did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Willamette University are $45,290, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Willamette University Legal Research Report

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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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