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Legal Professions at Florida State University

Legal Professions at Florida State University

Every legal professions school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the legal professions program at Florida State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Florida State is located in Tallahassee, Florida and approximately 43,569 students attend the school each year.

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

There were 218 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #51 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 Florida State University.

74% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 26% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 74% went 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 17% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 71
Hispanic or Latino 48
White 103
International Students 7
Other Races/Ethnicities 25

If you plan to be a legal professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Florida State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 218
Legal Research 129

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 FL, the home state for Florida State University.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Lawyers 47,280 $128,920
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 30,230 $50,120
Legal Secretaries 9,460 $45,550
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 4,800 $50,350
Legal Support Workers 1,750 $65,520

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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