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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Legal Research Major in Arizona” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Legal Research is the 114th most popular major in the country with 6,874 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Arizona, there were 411 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,079 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,286 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Legal Research Major in Arizona” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in legal research. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in legal research.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Legal Research Major in Arizona” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Legal Research Major in Arizona”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Legal Research Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Legal Research Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #2 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 143 doctorate’s legal research degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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