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Legal Research at University of San Diego

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

USD is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 8,861. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 students received their master's degree in legal research.

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.

  • Master’s Degree in Legal Research

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal research majors at University of San Diego.

47% Women
39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 53% of legal research master's degrees went to men and 47% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in legal research each year. USD does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

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In the legal research master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 11
International Students 7
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

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 CA, the home state for University of San Diego.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Lawyers 82,180 $171,550
Law Professors 1,770 $136,920

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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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