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Legal Professions at University of Utah

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

U of U is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and has a total student population of 33,081. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 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.

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

Online Classes Are Available at U of U

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.

U of U does offer online education options in legal professions for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

  • Master’s Degree

There were 88 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #170 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 Utah.

63% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 16 legal professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from U of U, about 38% were men and 63% were women.

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Of the students who received a legal professions master's degree from U of U, 81% 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 Utah 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 1
White 13
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

The following legal professions concentations are available at University of Utah. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Utah. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 88
Legal Research 50
Legal Professions (Other) 15

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 UT, the home state for University of Utah.

Occupation Jobs in UT Average Salary in UT
Lawyers 4,970 $112,380
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 2,760 $49,140
Legal Secretaries 1,200 $42,240
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 1,000 $46,670
Judicial Law Clerks 480 $38,820

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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