A degree in legal research is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #114 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for legal research students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 382 degrees in legal research during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The legal research program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Legal Research rankings. For our Best Overall Legal Research School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Legal Research Schools in Pennsylvania list to help you make the college decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the legal research degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student who is interested in legal research needs to check out University of Pennsylvania. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #4 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were approximately 42 legal research students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in legal research needs to check out Villanova University. Located in the suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #70 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Villanova is a great university overall.
There were approximately 58 legal research students who graduated with this degree at Villanova in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in legal research. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #79 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Pitt is a great university overall.
There were approximately 28 legal research students who graduated with this degree at Pitt in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Widener University if you want to pursue a degree in legal research. Widener is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Chester. This university ranks 17th out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 38 legal research students who graduated with this degree at Widener in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the legal research degree program at Widener University earn $27,902 more than the average college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 11th out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 95 legal research students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the legal research program earn about $59,767 in their early career salary.
Cal U is a medium-sized public university located in the small suburb of California.
There were roughly 10 legal research students who graduated with this degree at Cal U in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the legal research program make about $51,279 in the first couple years of their career.
Located in the city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 79 legal research students who graduated with this degree at Drexel in the most recent data year. After graduation, legal research degree recipients typically earn an average of $47,609 in their early careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The legal research program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Legal Research rankings. For our Best Overall Legal Research School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
