2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Research in District of Columbia

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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 District of Columbia, there were 481 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $82,283 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,283 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Legal Research Major in District of Columbia for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in legal research. To top this list, a school must have a successful legal research program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Legal Research Major in District of Columbia for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia doctor’s degree legal research students.

Top 3 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Research in District of Columbia

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Georgetown University
Washington, District of Columbia

#1 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Legal Research Major in District of Columbia for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #1 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s legal research degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Georgetown Legal Research Report

2

American University
Washington, District of Columbia

#3 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Legal Research Major in District of Columbia for a Doctorate. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s legal research students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Legal Research Major in District of Columbia for a Doctorate. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s legal research degrees to 74 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Legal Research at GWU

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.