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Legal Professions at Drake University

What traits are you looking for in a legal professions school? To help you decide if Drake University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's legal professions program.

Drake is located in Des Moines, Iowa and has a total student population of 4,774. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 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 100 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #164 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 Drake University.

66% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The legal professions program at Drake awarded 29 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 34% of these degrees went to men with the other 66% going to women.

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Of the students who received a legal professions master's degree from Drake, 79% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 23
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 Drake University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 100
Legal Professions (Other) 26
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 3

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 IA, the home state for Drake University.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
Lawyers 3,170 $112,630
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 2,350 $46,990
Legal Secretaries 1,470 $38,680
Legal Support Workers 810 $47,310
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 690 $35,560

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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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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