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Legal Professions at St. Mary's University

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Legal Professions at St. Mary’s University

What traits are you looking for in a legal professions school? To help you decide if St. Mary's University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's legal professions program.

St. Mary's is located in San Antonio, Texas and has a total student population of 3,458. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 41 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 St. Mary's

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? St. Mary's offers distance education options for legal professions at the following degree levels:

There were 202 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #61 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 St. Mary’s University.

71% Women
51% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 41 students graduated with a master's degree in legal professions from St. Mary's. About 29% were men and 71% were women.

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In the legal professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 51% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 18
White 16
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

If you plan to be a legal professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at St. Mary's University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 202
Legal Research 41

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 TX, the home state for St. Mary's University.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Lawyers 42,590 $150,250
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 24,290 $56,270
Legal Secretaries 12,990 $46,430
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 6,250 $57,940
Legal Support Workers 2,140 $63,140

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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