by our College Data Analytics TeamUnfortunately, there were no schools in the United States that made our Best Legal Research Doctor's Degree Schools list. You may want to check out our national ranking in the field instead.
Your choice of legal research for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for legal research students working on their doctor's degree.
Because of lacking data, we couldn't show you the legal research quality ranking. This is typically due to there not being enough schools in the United States that both offer legal research and provided enough information for us to do a proper analysis.
View the Best Legal Research Doctor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.
Legal Research is one of 4 different types of Legal Professions programs to choose from.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Law | 35,647 |
| Legal Professions (Other) | 79 |
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies | 2 |