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Legal Professions at Arizona State University - Tempe

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Legal Professions at Arizona State University - Tempe

If you plan to study legal professions, take a look at what Arizona State University - Tempe has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

ASU - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and has a total student population of 74,795. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 106 students received their master's degree in legal professions.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Legal Professions section at the bottom of this page.

  • Master’s Degree in Legal Professions
  • Doctorate Degree in Legal Professions

There were 286 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #23 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal professions majors at Arizona State University - Tempe.

52% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 48% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 45% men graduate in legal professions each year. ASU - Tempe does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a legal professions master's degree from ASU - Tempe, 53% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the legal professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Arizona State University - Tempe with a master's in legal professions.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 13
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 56
International Students 9
Other Races/Ethnicities 15

Legal Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Arizona State University - Tempe. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 283
Legal Research 143
Legal Professions (Other) 41
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 10

A degree in legal professions can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AZ, the home state for Arizona State University - Tempe.

Occupation Jobs in AZ Average Salary in AZ
Lawyers 9,370 $145,750
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 7,280 $48,370
Legal Secretaries 2,620 $47,320
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 840 $53,850
Judges, and Magistrates 790 $108,080

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*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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