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Legal Research at Nova Southeastern University

Legal Research at Nova Southeastern University

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

NUS Florida is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and has a total student population of 20,888.

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

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal research majors at Nova Southeastern University.

88% Women
64% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 12% of legal research master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

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In the legal research master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 64% of degree recipients. That is 44% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 32
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 18
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

If you plan to be a legal research major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Nova Southeastern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Legal Research & Advanced Professional Studies 34
Health Law 18
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence 14
General Advanced Legal Research/Studies 3

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 FL, the home state for Nova Southeastern University.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Lawyers 47,280 $128,920
Law Professors 650 $141,230

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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