2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Legal Research in Virginia

Ranked #28 in popularity, legal research is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the most popular for legal research students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 186 master's degrees in legal research during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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

The legal research master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Legal Research in Virginia 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. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for legal research.

 

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Legal Research in Virginia

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

Most Well Attended Schools for Legal Research Students Working on Their Master's

1

Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA

97 Annual Master's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In VA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Liberty University if you want to pursue a master's degree in legal research. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #4 in quality for master's degrees in legal research in Virginia.

There were roughly 97 legal research students who graduated with this degree at Liberty University in the most recent data year.

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2

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA

50 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Virginia - Main Campus is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a master's degree in legal research. University of Virginia is a very large public university located in the small suburb of Charlottesville. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in legal research in Virginia.

There were roughly 50 legal research individuals who graduated with this degree at University of Virginia in the most recent data year.

More information about a master’s in legal research from University of Virginia - Main Campus

3

George Mason University
Fairfax, VA

33 Annual Master's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In VA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

George Mason University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in legal research. GMU is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Fairfax. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for master's degrees in legal research in Virginia.

There were roughly 33 legal research students who graduated with this degree at GMU in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in legal research from George Mason University

4

University of Richmond
University of Richmond, VA

6 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In VA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Richmond is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a master's degree in legal research. URichmond is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of University of Richmond. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for master's degrees in legal research in Virginia.

There were about 6 legal research individuals who graduated with this degree at URichmond in the most recent data year.

More information about a master’s in legal research from University of Richmond

5

Regent University
Virginia Beach, VA

Regent is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Virginia Beach. More information about a master’s in legal research from Regent University

Best Legal Research Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Legal Research Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	206	399
Georgia	186	140
North Carolina	167	130
Tennessee	156	54
Alabama	147	62
Kentucky	140	2
Louisiana	140	38
Mississippi	120	4

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Legal Research Related Rankings by Major

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

Legal Research Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence	83
Other Legal Research & Advanced Professional Studies	51
Programs for Foreign Lawyers	31
International Law & Legal Studies	14
Banking, Corporate, Finance, & Securities Law	6
Intellectual Property Law	1

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Legal Professions (Other)	271

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.