2024 Best Legal Research Schools in Missouri

If you plan on majoring in legal research, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #114 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Missouri to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of legal research. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 411 degrees in legal research during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Legal Research Schools List

Legal Research Rankings by Degree Level

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Legal Research Schools in Missouri list, to help you choose the best school for you. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Legal Research in Missouri

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the legal research degree levels they offer.

Top Missouri Schools in Legal Research

1

Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

370 Legal Research Degrees Awarded

$47,010 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in legal research needs to take a look at Washington University in St Louis. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

Students who graduate with their degree from the legal research program state that they receive average early career earnings of $47,010.

More information about a degree in legal research from Washington University in St Louis

2

University of Missouri - Kansas City
Kansas City, MO

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

30.4% Growth in Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Missouri - Kansas City if you wish to pursue a degree in legal research. Located in the large city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public university with a large student population.More information about a degree in legal research from University of Missouri - Kansas City

Best Legal Research Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Legal Research Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	284	91
Kansas	266	10
Iowa	264	6
Nebraska	238	11
South Dakota	204	8

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Rankings in Majors Related to Legal Research

Legal Research is one of 4 different types of Legal Professions programs to choose from.

Legal Research Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Advanced Legal Research/Studies	218
Other Legal Research & Advanced Professional Studies	62
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence	58
Banking, Corporate, Finance, & Securities Law	32
Tax Law/Taxation	27
Comparative Law	6
Intellectual Property Law	5
Programs for Foreign Lawyers	2
Health Law	1

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Majors Similar to Legal Research

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Law	619
Legal Support Services	141
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	31
Legal Professions (Other)	1

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Notes and References

• 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.