by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Legal Research Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 6,874 people earned their degree in legal research, making the major the 114th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, legal research graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $66,544 and had an average of $26,000 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 541 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,010 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 8 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in legal research.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Legal Research Major in the Plains States Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Legal Research Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oglala Lakota College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Legal Research Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Kyle, South Dakota, and it awarded 8 associates’s legal research degrees in 2020-2021.
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