Legal Research at University of Missouri - Kansas City

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

UMKC is located in Kansas City, Missouri and approximately 16,147 students attend the school each year.

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.

UMKC Legal Research Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Legal Research

UMKC Legal Research Rankings

Legal Research Student Demographics at UMKC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal research majors at University of Missouri - Kansas City.

UMKC Legal Research Master’s Program

38% Women

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of legal research master's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in legal research each year. UMKC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 22% more men than average.

In the legal research master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 25% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Missouri - Kansas City with a master's in legal research.

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

Concentrations Within Legal Research

If you plan to be a legal research major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Missouri - Kansas City. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Advanced Legal Research/Studies	15
Tax Law/Taxation	8

Careers That Legal Research Grads May Go Into

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 MO, the home state for University of Missouri - Kansas City.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Lawyers	10,340	$113,780
Law Professors	90	$128,180

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
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