Legal Professions at University of Miami

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

U Miami is located in Coral Gables, Florida and has a total student population of 17,809. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 102 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.

U Miami Legal Professions Degrees Available

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

U Miami Legal Professions Rankings

There were 344 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #12 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Legal Professions Student Demographics at U Miami

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

U Miami Legal Professions Master’s Program

Of the 102 students who graduated with a master’s in legal professions from U Miami in 2021, 49% were men and 51% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 45% men graduate in legal professions each year. U Miami does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the legal professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	38
White	27
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Concentrations Within Legal Professions

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 Miami. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Law	344
Legal Research	102

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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 FL, the home state for University of Miami.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Lawyers	47,280	$128,920
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	30,230	$50,120
Legal Secretaries	9,460	$45,550
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	4,800	$50,350
Legal Support Workers	1,750	$65,520

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 Harrier233 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.