Legal Professions at University of Arkansas

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

UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and approximately 27,562 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 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.

UARK Legal Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UARK

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? UARK offers distance education options for legal professions at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UARK Legal Professions Rankings

There were 110 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #153 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Legal Professions Student Demographics at UARK

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

UARK Legal Professions Master’s Program

Of the 11 legal professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UARK, about 55% were men and 45% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 45% men graduate in legal professions each year. UARK does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

Of the students who received a legal professions master's degree from UARK, 73% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Legal Professions

The following legal professions concentations are available at University of Arkansas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Arkansas. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Law	110
Legal Professions (Other)	15

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 AR, the home state for University of Arkansas.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Lawyers	3,150	$98,780
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	1,890	$42,050
Legal Secretaries	1,050	$36,930
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	410	$37,060
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	300	$64,070

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 Brandonrush under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.