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Legal Professions at Seton Hall University

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Legal Professions at Seton Hall University

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

Seton Hall is located in South Orange, New Jersey and approximately 9,814 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 88 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 Seton Hall

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

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

  • Master’s Degree

There were 223 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #49 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 Seton Hall University.

82% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 18% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

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Of the students who received a legal professions master's degree from Seton Hall, 53% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the legal professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 9
Black or African American 12
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 47
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 11

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 223
Legal Research 77
Legal Professions (Other) 12

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 NJ, the home state for Seton Hall University.

Occupation Jobs in NJ Average Salary in NJ
Lawyers 21,070 $139,020
Legal Secretaries 9,020 $50,660
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 8,120 $58,260
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 1,710 $56,870
Judges, and Magistrates 1,020 $126,760

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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