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Legal Professions at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Legal Professions at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

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

UMN Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and approximately 52,017 students attend the school each year.

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

Online Classes Are Available at UMN Twin Cities

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UMN Twin Cities offers distance education options for legal professions at the following degree levels:

There were 227 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #45 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 Minnesota - Twin Cities.

67% Women
3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 5
International Students 21
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Legal Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 227
Legal Research 19

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 MN, the home state for University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.

Occupation Jobs in MN Average Salary in MN
Lawyers 11,270 $119,330
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 4,890 $56,880
Legal Secretaries 3,530 $53,000
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 1,790 $58,170
Judges, and Magistrates 530 $135,730

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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