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2025 Best Legal Research Schools in Pennsylvania

2 Colleges in Pennsylvania
800 Legal Research Degrees Awarded
$83,633 Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in legal research is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #114 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of legal research. Combined, these schools handed out 800 degrees in legal research to qualified students.

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When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Legal Research Schools in Pennsylvania list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the legal research degrees they offer, see the list below.

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Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
88 Legal Research Degrees Awarded
$102,915 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat Temple University if you want to pursue a degree in legal research. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Legal Research degree recipients from Temple University get an earnings boost of around $19,282 over the average earnings of legal research graduates.

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Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
91 Legal Research Degrees Awarded
13.2% Growth in Graduates

It is hard to beat Drexel University if you wish to pursue a degree in legal research. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.

Students who receive their degree from the legal research program earn about $66,116 for their early career.

More information about a degree in legal research from Drexel University

Explore all the Best Legal Research Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
New York 333 572
Maryland 279 56
New Jersey 273 76
District of Columbia 188 481

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One of 4 majors within the Legal Professions area of study, Legal Research has other similar majors worth exploring.

Major Annual Graduates
Programs for Foreign Lawyers 399
Tax Law/Taxation 117
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence 80
Banking, Corporate, Finance, & Securities Law 60
Other Legal Research & Advanced Professional Studies 44
International Law & Legal Studies 43
General Advanced Legal Research/Studies 34
Health Law 14
International Business, Trade, & Tax Law 5
Energy, Environment, & Natural Resources Law 3

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Law 1,597
Legal Support Services 326
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 158
Legal Professions (Other) 111

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