2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Legal Research for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$43,362
Avg Salary
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly for Legal Research for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 6,874 people earned their degree in legal research, making the major the 114th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, legal research graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $66,544 and had an average of $26,000 in loans still to pay off.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 195 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Legal Research for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in legal research. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great legal research programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the legal research program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Legal Research for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree vets studying legal research.
Top 3 Best Legal Research Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Legal Research for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Drexel University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 26 degrees to qualified bachelors’s legal research students in 2020-2021.
Drexel not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Legal Research Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 2 of the 23,589 students enrolled at Drexel University were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Drexel University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Drexel]](/colleges/drexel-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Legal Research for a Bachelor’s. Cal U is a medium-sized public school situated in California, Pennsylvania. It awarded 10 bachelors’s legal research degrees in 2020-2021.
Cal U also took the #2 spot in our “Best Legal Research Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 6,885 students enrolled at California University of Pennsylvania, 340 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 201 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,252. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. California University of Pennsylvania does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Full California University of Pennsylvania Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Legal Research for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Baltimore landed the #3 spot on the list. UB is a small school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 11 bachelors’s legal research degrees in 2020-2021.
UB not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Legal Research Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, University of Baltimore supports 4,169 students, and 173 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 90 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,002. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Baltimore]](/colleges/university-of-baltimore/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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