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Legal Professions at University of Pennsylvania

70 Master's Degrees
258 Doctor's Degrees
If you are interested in studying legal professions, you may want to check out the program at University of Pennsylvania. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 26,552. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 70 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.

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There were 258 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #33 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 Pennsylvania.

47% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 70 legal professions majors earned their master's degree from UPenn. Of these graduates, 53% were men and 47% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 45% men graduate in legal professions each year. UPenn does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 14
International Students 39
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

If you plan to be a legal professions 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 Pennsylvania. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 258
Legal Research 42
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 28

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 PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Lawyers 24,980 $138,610
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 12,440 $52,780
Legal Secretaries 7,420 $50,980
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 2,050 $46,170
Judicial Law Clerks 1,070 $40,550

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*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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