by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Research Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 195 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Research Major” ranking looked at 12 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal research. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their legal research program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The legal research school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Research Major”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Research Major”.
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Research Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Memorial University landed the #1 spot on the list. Florida Memorial University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Miami Gardens, Florida. It awarded 17 bachelors’s legal research degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Amherst College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Research Major list. Amherst, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s legal research degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Research Major that were part of this year’s ranking, James Madison University landed the #3 spot on the list. JMU is a large school located in Harrisonburg, Virginia that handed out 91 bachelors’s legal research degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Baltimore. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Research Major. University of Baltimore is a small school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 11 bachelors’s legal research degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Winona State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Research Major list. Winona State University is a medium-sized school located in Winona, Minnesota that handed out 13 bachelors’s legal research degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Walsh University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Research Major ranking, coming in at #6. Walsh is located in North Canton, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s legal research degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Unity College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Research Major ranking, coming in at #7. Unity is a private not-for-profit institution located in Unity, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #8, California University of Pennsylvania did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Research Major list. Located in California, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s legal research students in 2020-2021.
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Drexel University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Research Major ranking. Drexel is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 26 bachelors’s legal research degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
Arcadia University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Research Major list. Arcadia is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Glenside, Pennsylvania. It awarded 1 bachelors’s legal research degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, Le Moyne College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Research Major list. Syracuse, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s legal research degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
South Dakota State University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Research Major list. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s legal research degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Legal Research at South Dakota State University
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