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Legal Research at Georgetown University

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

Georgetown is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 19,371. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 315 students received their master's degree in legal research.

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

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

Online Classes Are Available at Georgetown

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Georgetown offers distance education options for legal research at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal research, making the school the #22 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 research majors at Georgetown University.

51% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 315 legal research students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Georgetown, about 49% were men and 51% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in legal research each year. Georgetown does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 14
Black or African American 18
Hispanic or Latino 24
White 85
International Students 118
Other Races/Ethnicities 56

A degree in legal research 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 Georgetown University.

Occupation Jobs in DC Average Salary in DC
Lawyers 31,680 $192,530
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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