Legal Professions at University of Akron Main Campus

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

University of Akron Main Campus is located in Akron, Ohio and approximately 16,094 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 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.

University of Akron Main Campus Legal Professions Degrees Available

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

University of Akron Main Campus Legal Professions Rankings

There were 131 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #132 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Legal Professions Student Demographics at University of Akron Main Campus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal professions majors at University of Akron Main Campus.

University of Akron Main Campus Legal Professions Master’s Program

Of the 3 students who earned a master's degree in Legal Professions from University of Akron Main Campus in 2020-2021, 100% were men and 0% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 45% men graduate in legal professions each year. University of Akron Main Campus does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 55% more men than average.

Of the students who received a legal professions master's degree from University of Akron Main Campus, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the legal professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

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

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 University of Akron Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Law	131
Legal Research	32

Related Majors

• Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
• 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 OH, the home state for University of Akron Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Lawyers	17,600	$121,520
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	9,150	$49,200
Legal Secretaries	4,830	$46,060
Judges, and Magistrates	2,510	$90,960
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	2,200	$48,520

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 sleepydre / Threeblur0 under License

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