2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Legal Research in New York

A doctor's degree in legal research is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #97 out of 295 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 4 schools in New York to determine which ones were the most popular for doctor's degree seekers in the field of legal research. Combined, these schools handed out 13 doctor's degrees in legal research to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Legal Research School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in legal research matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Legal Research in New York ranking.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of legal research students usually has them for a reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

More Ways to Rank Legal Research Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for legal research.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Legal Research in New York

Explore the most popular colleges and universities for legal research students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Legal Research Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

7 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University at Buffalo if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in legal research. University at Buffalo is a very large public university located in the suburb of Buffalo. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in legal research in New York.

There were approximately 7 legal research students who graduated with this degree at University at Buffalo in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in legal research from University at Buffalo

2

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

3 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in legal research has to take a look at Columbia University in the City of New York. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in legal research in New York.

There were approximately 3 legal research students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in legal research from Columbia University in the City of New York

3

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

2 Annual Doctor's Degrees

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Cornell University is a popular choice for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in legal research. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

There were about 2 legal research individuals who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in legal research from Cornell University

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Pace University - New York
New York, NY

1 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Pace University - New York is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in legal research. Pace University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in legal research in New York. More information about a doctorate in legal research from Pace University - New York

Best Legal Research Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Legal Research Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	4
District of Columbia	81	10

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Rankings in Majors Related to Legal Research

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

Legal Research Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Advanced Legal Research/Studies	8
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence	2
Criminal Law and Procedure	2
Energy, Environment, & Natural Resources Law	1

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Law	3,877
Legal Professions (Other)	10

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.