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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Research (Income $75-$110k) in Alabama

1 Ranked Colleges
60 Degrees Awarded
$30,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master's in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 9,738 people earned their degree in legal research, making the major the 89th most popular in the United States. 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 Alabama, there were 64 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $89,500 and $43,300 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 60 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal research programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the legal research program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k.

#1

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Alabama landed the #1 spot on the list. UA is a large public school situated in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It awarded 43 masters’s legal research degrees in 2019-2020.

UA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UA are $30,940, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UA Legal Research Report

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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