Legal Professions at Northwestern 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 Northwestern University stacks up to those at other schools.

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 181 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.

Northwestern Legal Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Northwestern

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

• Master’s Degree

Northwestern Legal Professions Rankings

There were 296 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #21 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Legal Professions Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Legal Professions Master’s Program

Of the 181 students who graduated with a master’s in legal professions from Northwestern in 2021, 49% were men and 51% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 45% men graduate in legal professions each year. Northwestern does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	46
International Students	63
Other Races/Ethnicities	38

Concentrations Within Legal Professions

Legal Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northwestern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Law	296
Legal Research	106
Legal Professions (Other)	82
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	4

Related Majors

• Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
• Public Administration & Social Service

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 IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Lawyers	31,260	$152,980
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	13,540	$57,180
Legal Secretaries	7,880	$51,140
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	1,070	$47,670

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 Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.