A degree in general advanced legal research/studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #276 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 665 degrees in general advanced legal research/studies annually.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Advanced Legal Research/Studies Schools in the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for General Advanced Legal Research/Studies in the Southwest Region
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 advanced legal research/studies degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Southwest Region Schools in Advanced Legal Research/Studies
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.
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