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Legal Professions at University of Maryland - Baltimore

If you are interested in studying legal professions, you may want to check out the program at University of Maryland - Baltimore. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UMB is located in Baltimore, Maryland and approximately 7,137 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 43 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.

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

There were 202 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #61 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 University of Maryland - Baltimore.

58% Women
37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 43 legal professions majors earned their master's degree from UMB. Of these graduates, 42% were men and 58% were women.

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In the legal professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 37% 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 University of Maryland - Baltimore with a master's in legal professions.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 11
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 14
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

Legal Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Maryland - Baltimore. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 202
Legal Research 43

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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - Baltimore.

Occupation Jobs in MD Average Salary in MD
Lawyers 12,490 $128,340
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 7,060 $55,950
Legal Secretaries 2,360 $52,950
Legal Support Workers 1,940 $78,850
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 960 $41,100

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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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