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2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k

9 Ranked Colleges
1,206 Degrees Awarded
$32,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master's in New York For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Legal Research is the 89th most popular major in the country with 9,738 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, legal research graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,635 and had an average of $65,122 in loans still to pay off.

Across New York, there were 1,263 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,800 and $65,187 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1,206 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,029 and $47,933 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal research. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal research programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the legal research program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for new york master’s degree legal research students whose families make $75-$110k.

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #1 spot on the list. Columbia is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 306 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia University in the City of New York are $51,194, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Syracuse University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k list. Syracuse is a large school located in Syracuse, New York that handed out 31 masters’s legal research degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new york master’s degree legal research students whose families make $75-$110k list, Syracuse has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Syracuse University are $41,714, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

New York University

New York, New York
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the #3 spot on the list. NYU is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 507 masters’s legal research degrees in 2019-2020.

NYU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at New York University are $36,892, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

Touro College

New York, New York

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Touro College landed the #4 spot on the list. New York, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s legal research degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Touro also took the #0 spot in our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Touro are $13,138, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Fordham University

Bronx, New York
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Fordham University landed the #5 spot on the list. Fordham University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Bronx, New York. It awarded 48 masters’s legal research degrees in 2019-2020.

Fordham U also took the #3 spot in our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Fordham University are $23,846, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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St John’s University - New York came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. STJ is a large school located in Queens, New York that handed out 48 masters’s legal research degrees in 2019-2020.

STJ also made our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #7. Average graduate tuition and fees at STJ are $30,666, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#7

Pace University - New York

New York, New York
#8 in overall quality

Pace University - New York landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Located in New York, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified masters’s legal research students in 2019-2020.

Pace University also made our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #8. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Pace University are $33,356.

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#8

Yeshiva University

New York, New York

Yeshiva University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Yeshiva University is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 29 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Yeshiva also took the #4 spot in our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Yeshiva are $35,100.

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#9

Hofstra University

Hempstead, New York
#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #9, Hofstra University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k list. Hofstra University is a fairly large school located in Hempstead, New York that handed out 45 masters’s legal research degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Hofstra, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hofstra are $27,172, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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).
  • 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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • 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.

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