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Legal Professions at Tulane University of Louisiana

Legal Professions at Tulane University of Louisiana

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

Tulane is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and has a total student population of 13,927.

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.

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Legal Professions
  • Master’s Degree in Legal Professions

Online Classes Are Available at Tulane

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Tulane does offer online courses in legal professions for the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

There were 203 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #60 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 Tulane University of Louisiana.

80% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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In the legal professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 21
Hispanic or Latino 17
White 40
International Students 19
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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Tulane University of Louisiana. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 201
Legal Professions (Other) 111
Legal Research 14
Legal Support Services 8

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 LA, the home state for Tulane University of Louisiana.

Occupation Jobs in LA Average Salary in LA
Lawyers 8,170 $105,490
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 4,550 $50,540
Legal Secretaries 3,310 $40,330
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 1,010 $38,370
Legal Support Workers 400 $51,380

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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