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2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid

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 Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that 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 Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in legal research. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great legal research programs and cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid.

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid 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 also made our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $51,194, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Touro College landed the #2 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Touro College are $13,138, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, St John’s University - New York landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Queens, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 48 degrees to qualified masters’s legal research students in 2019-2020.

STJ also took the #7 spot in our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at St John’s University - New York are $30,666, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

New York University

New York, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid. New York University is located in New York, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 507 masters’s legal research degrees to qualified students.

NYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at New York University are $36,892.

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#5

Yeshiva University

New York, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yeshiva University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid list. Yeshiva University is a medium-sized school located in New York, New York that handed out 29 masters’s legal research degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new york master’s degree legal research students with aid list, Yeshiva has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Yeshiva are $35,100, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6

Hofstra University

Hempstead, New York
#5 in overall quality

Hofstra University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Hempstead, 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 45 students in 2019-2020.

Hofstra also took 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 some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Hofstra University Legal Research Report

#7

Pace University - New York

New York, New York
#8 in overall quality

Pace University - New York did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. Pace University - New York is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new york master’s degree legal research students with aid list, Pace University has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pace University are $33,356, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#8

Fordham University

Bronx, New York
#3 in overall quality

Fordham University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #8. Bronx, 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 48 students in 2019-2020.

Fordham U also made our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Fordham U are $23,846, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#9

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #9, Syracuse University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid list. Syracuse, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s legal research degrees to 31 students in 2019-2020.

Syracuse also made our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #6. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Syracuse University are $41,714.

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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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