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Legal Professions at Suffolk University

If you are interested in studying legal professions, you may want to check out the program at Suffolk University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Suffolk is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 6,830 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 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

There were 340 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #14 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 Suffolk University.

71% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students graduated with a master's degree in legal professions from Suffolk. About 29% were men and 71% were women.

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Of the students who received a legal professions master's degree from Suffolk, 53% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 9
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 340
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 17
Legal Professions (Other) 7

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 MA, the home state for Suffolk University.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Lawyers 18,420 $165,610
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 7,330 $60,320
Legal Secretaries 3,920 $59,020
Law Professors 610 $137,150
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 590 $63,330

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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