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Legal Research at University of Illinois at Chicago

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Legal Research at University of Illinois at Chicago

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

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 33,518. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students received their master's degree in legal research.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Legal Research section at the bottom of this page.

  • Master’s Degree in Legal Research

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal research majors at University of Illinois at Chicago.

41% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The legal research program at UIC awarded 22 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 59% of these degrees went to men with the other 41% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in legal research each year. UIC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 17% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a legal research master's degree from UIC, 73% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the legal research master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 27% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 16
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

A degree in legal research can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Chicago.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Lawyers 31,260 $152,980
Law Professors 950 $152,110

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*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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