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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Research in Texas (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
225 Degrees Awarded
$24,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master's in Texas For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Texas For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Texas, there were 228 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,000 and $51,027 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 225 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #1 spot on the list. UT Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 35 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas master’s degree legal research students with aid list, UT Austin has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Houston is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 30 masters’s legal research degrees in 2019-2020.

UH also made our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH are $18,689, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 58 masters’s legal research degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, St. Mary’s University landed the #4 spot on the list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s legal research degrees to 45 students in 2019-2020.

St. Mary’s also took the #3 spot in our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at St. Mary’s are $19,320.

Full St. Mary’s University Legal Research Report

#5

Texas Southern University

Houston, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Southern University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s legal research students in 2019-2020.

TSU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Southern University are $13,221, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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With a ranking of #6, Southern Methodist University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Legal Research Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid list. Southern Methodist University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 33 masters’s legal research degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Research Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SMU are $47,478.

Full SMU 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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