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. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 123 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.

Tulane Legal Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Legal Professions
• Doctorate 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:

Tulane Legal Professions Rankings

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.

Legal Professions Student Demographics at Tulane

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal professions majors at Tulane University of Louisiana.

Tulane Legal Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 123 students graduated with a master's degree in legal professions from Tulane. About 15% were men and 85% were women.

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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	59
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	31

Concentrations Within Legal Professions

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

Related Majors

• Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
• Public Administration & Social Service

Careers That Legal Professions Grads May Go Into

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By bsulldiesel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.