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Legal Professions at University of New Hampshire - Franklin Pierce School of Law

Legal Professions at University of New Hampshire - Franklin Pierce School of Law

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

UNH Franklin Pierce is located in Concord, New Hampshire and has a total student population of 442.

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 UNH Franklin Pierce

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

  • Master’s Degree

There were 86 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #171 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 New Hampshire - Franklin Pierce School of Law.

71% Women
4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of New Hampshire - Franklin Pierce School of Law with a master's in legal professions.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 6
International Students 14
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

If you plan to be a legal professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of New Hampshire - Franklin Pierce School of Law. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 86
Legal Research 17

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 NH, the home state for University of New Hampshire - Franklin Pierce School of Law.

Occupation Jobs in NH Average Salary in NH
Lawyers 1,880 $125,890
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 1,140 $54,550
Legal Secretaries 730 $49,230
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers 110 $79,770
Legal Support Workers 90 $70,970

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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