Find Grad Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Legal Professions at Hofstra University

Find Schools Near

Legal Professions at Hofstra University

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

Hofstra is located in Hempstead, New York and approximately 10,444 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 49 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

Online Classes Are Available at Hofstra

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? Hofstra offers distance education options for legal professions at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

There were 273 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #29 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 Hofstra University.

73% Women
12% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The legal professions program at Hofstra awarded 49 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 27% of these degrees went to men with the other 73% going to women.

undefined

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

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 3
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 38

The following legal professions concentations are available at Hofstra University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Hofstra University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 273
Legal Research 49

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 NY, the home state for Hofstra University.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Lawyers 76,840 $167,110
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 25,500 $58,750
Legal Secretaries 15,440 $55,920
Law Professors 3,440 $137,990
Judges, and Magistrates 3,170 $158,970

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.

Featured Schools

Find Graduate Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited graduate schools across the U.S.