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Legal Professions at University of Virginia-Main Campus

Legal Professions at University of Virginia-Main Campus

If you are interested in studying Legal Professions, take a look at what University of Virginia-Main Campus. Get started with the following essential facts.

University of Virginia-Main Campus is located in Charlottesville, VA.

Online & Distance Learning at University of Virginia-Main Campus

Distance learning is available at University of Virginia-Main Campus. Among 26,409 students, 1,962 (7%) studied exclusively online and 3,821 (14%) took at least some classes online.

These rankings give you a sense of how University of Virginia-Main Campus’s Legal Professions program to other colleges that offer this major.

Master’s-Level Rankings

Ranking Scope Rank
Best Schools (Quality) Southeast (Region) #1 of 109
Best Schools (Quality) Virginia #1 of 13
Best Schools (Quality) Nationwide #3 of 459
Best Value Virginia #9 of 13
Best Value Southeast (Region) #82 of 109
Best Value Nationwide #324 of 450

Doctoral-Level Rankings

Ranking Scope Rank
Best Schools (Quality) Southeast (Region) #1 of 109
Best Schools (Quality) Virginia #1 of 13
Best Schools (Quality) Nationwide #3 of 459
Best Value Virginia #9 of 13
Best Value Southeast (Region) #82 of 109
Best Value Nationwide #324 of 450

Students who complete University of Virginia-Main Campus’s Legal Professions program earn at the following median levels (per the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard):

Median earnings by years after graduation for Legal Professions at University of Virginia-Main Campus
Years After Graduation Median Earnings
1 year $185,710
2 years $162,255
3 years $193,013
4 years $221,601
5 years $247,143

Is this above or below average for the school? Four years out, Legal Professions graduates from University of Virginia-Main Campus earn a median of $221,601, compared with $96,792 for all University of Virginia-Main Campus graduates — about 129% higher than the school-wide median.

Legal Professions earnings compared with all majors at University of Virginia-Main Campus

Students who finish Legal Professions program at University of Virginia-Main Campus go on to a range of careers. Below are the best-paid careers for Legal Professions majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation Nationwide Median Wage
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers $137,571
Paralegals and Legal Assistants $134,350
Judicial Law Clerks $132,226
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators $93,794
Law Teachers, Postsecondary $91,726
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates $84,793
Legal Support Workers, All Other $80,735
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners $76,955
Lawyers $73,181
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers $67,272

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