Legal Professions at George Mason University

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

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and has a total student population of 38,541.

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.

GMU Legal Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Legal Professions

Online Classes Are Available at GMU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, GMU does offer online courses in legal professions for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

GMU Legal Professions Rankings

There were 158 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #108 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Legal Professions Student Demographics at GMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal professions majors at George Mason University.

GMU Legal Professions Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 38% men graduate in legal professions each year. GMU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the legal professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 80% of degree recipients. That is 47% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Legal Professions

The following legal professions concentations are available at George Mason University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at George Mason University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Law	158
Legal Research	52
Legal Professions (Other)	15

Related Majors

• Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting

Careers That Legal Professions Grads May Go Into

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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Lawyers	15,890	$139,180
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	9,960	$51,600
Legal Support Workers	7,050	$114,390
Legal Secretaries	2,160	$46,400
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	1,390	$45,530

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.