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Legal Professions at St. John’s University-New York

If you plan to study Legal Professions, you may want to check out the program at St. John’s University-New York. We’ve gathered the following information to help you decide.

St. John’s University-New York is in Queens, NY.

Studying Online at St. John’s University-New York

Distance learning is available at St. John’s University-New York. Among 19,389 students, 981 (5%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 6,760 (35%) took at least some classes online.

Legal Professions Rankings at St. John’s University-New York

Use these rankings to compare St. John’s University-New York’s Legal Professions program against peer institutions.

Master’s-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Schools (Quality)	New York	#13 of 28
Best Value	New York	#15 of 27
Best Schools (Quality)	Middle Atlantic (Region)	#28 of 76
Best Value	Middle Atlantic (Region)	#45 of 74
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#136 of 459
Best Value	Nationwide	#368 of 450

Doctoral-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Schools (Quality)	New York	#13 of 28
Best Value	New York	#15 of 27
Best Schools (Quality)	Middle Atlantic (Region)	#28 of 76
Best Value	Middle Atlantic (Region)	#45 of 74
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#136 of 459
Best Value	Nationwide	#368 of 450

Earnings for Legal Professions Graduates from St. John’s University-New York

Students who complete St. John’s University-New York’s Legal Professions program earn the following amounts (per the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard):

Years After Graduation	Median Earnings
1 year	$60,221
2 years	$56,926
3 years	$68,617
4 years	$84,625
5 years	$103,745

How do these earnings stack up against the rest of the school? Four years after graduating, Legal Professions graduates from St. John’s University-New York report median earnings of $84,625, compared with $76,054 for all St. John’s University-New York graduates — about 11% higher than the school-wide median.

Median Debt at Graduation

Median student loan debt for Legal Professions graduates from St. John’s University-New York comes in at $26,030.

Highest-Paying Careers for Legal Professions Graduates

Graduates of the Legal Professions program at St. John’s University-New York work across a variety of fields. Below are the top-paying careers for Legal Professions majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	$137,571
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$134,350
Judicial Law Clerks	$132,226
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators	$93,794
Law Teachers, Postsecondary	$91,726
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$84,793
Legal Support Workers, All Other	$80,735
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners	$76,955
Lawyers	$73,181
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$67,272

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.