by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Research Major in Oregon” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Oregon, there were 26 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,963 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Research Major in Oregon” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree 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.
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Research Major in Oregon” 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Research Major in Oregon”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lewis & Clark College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Research Major in Oregon. Located in Portland, Oregon, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 16 degrees to qualified masters’s legal research students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Willamette University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Research Major in Oregon. This small school is located in Salem, Oregon, and it awarded 9 masters’s legal research degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Research Major in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Oregon is a public institution located in Eugene, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
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