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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in California for Legal Research for a Doctorate

2 Ranked Colleges
18 Degrees Awarded
$29,000 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in California for Legal Research for a Doctorate

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Legal Research for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Legal Research is the 114th most popular major in the country with 6,874 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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.

Across California, there were 1,054 legal research graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,122 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Legal Research for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in legal research. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal research programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the legal research program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The legal research school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Legal Research for a Doctorate”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

The colleges and universities below are the best for california doctor’s degree vets studying legal research.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Golden Gate University - San Francisco. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Legal Research for a Doctorate. Located in San Francisco, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s legal research students in 2020-2021.

Golden Gate University - San Francisco also made our “Best Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #3.Among the 2,472 students enrolled at Golden Gate University - San Francisco, 1,009 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 816 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,556. To help with additional expenses, 75 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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Stanford University
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in California for Legal Research for a Doctorate list. Located in Stanford, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified doctorate’s legal research students in 2020-2021.

Stanford also made our “Best Legal Research Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, Stanford supports 15,953 students, and 188 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 118 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,909. On top of their other funding sources, 61 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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