2023 Best Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Legal Research for a Doctorate” 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 the Far Western US region, there were 1,203 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,396 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Legal Research for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal research. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great legal research programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the legal research program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Legal Research for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree vets studying legal research.

Top 2 Best Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

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Golden Gate University - San Francisco
San Francisco, California

1,009 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Golden Gate University - San Francisco. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Legal Research for a Doctorate list. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Francisco, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Golden Gate University - San Francisco also made our “Best Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #3.Our most recent data shows that 1,009 of the 2,472 students enrolled at Golden Gate University - San Francisco were GI Bill® students, of which 816 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,556. During this same period, 75 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Golden Gate University - San Francisco offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.

Full Golden Gate University - San Francisco Veteran Student Life Report

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Stanford University
Stanford, California

188 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$18,909 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Legal Research for a Doctorate list. Stanford, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s legal research degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Stanford, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Stanford University supports 15,953 students, and 188 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 118 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,909. In addition to receiving other benefits, 61 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Stanford University Veteran Student Life Report

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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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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.