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Legal Professions at Catholic University of America

If you are interested in studying legal professions, you may want to check out the program at Catholic University of America. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

CUA is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 5,366 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 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 115 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #148 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 Catholic University of America.

75% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The legal professions program at CUA awarded 4 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 25% of these degrees went to men with the other 75% going to women.

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In the legal professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 20% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Catholic University of America with a master's in legal professions.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 0
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

If you plan to be a legal professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Catholic University of America. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 115
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 2
Legal Research 2

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 DC, the home state for Catholic University of America.

Occupation Jobs in DC Average Salary in DC
Lawyers 31,680 $192,530
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 5,330 $80,470
Legal Secretaries 3,540 $86,190
Legal Support Workers 2,480 $74,330
Law Professors 1,580 $125,900

References

*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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