Legal Professions at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

What traits are you looking for in a legal professions school? To help you decide if University of Nevada - Las Vegas is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's legal professions program.

UNLV is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and approximately 31,142 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 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.

UNLV Legal Professions Degrees Available

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

UNLV Legal Professions Rankings

There were 166 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #101 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Legal Professions Student Demographics at UNLV

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

UNLV Legal Professions Master’s Program

Of the 8 legal professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UNLV, about 50% were men and 50% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 45% men graduate in legal professions each year. UNLV does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

Of the students who received a legal professions master's degree from UNLV, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Legal Professions

The following legal professions concentations are available at University of Nevada - Las Vegas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Nevada - Las Vegas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Law	166
Legal Research	8

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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 NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Lawyers	4,830	$138,920
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	2,440	$57,600
Legal Secretaries	2,270	$46,350
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	470	$56,090
Legal Support Workers	370	$64,540

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 Stan Shebs under License

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