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Legal Professions at Wake Forest University

Legal Professions at Wake Forest University

Every legal professions school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the legal professions program at Wake Forest University stacks up to those at other schools.

Wake Forest University is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and approximately 8,789 students attend the school each year.

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

There were 177 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #85 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 Wake Forest University.

63% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 37% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 63% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 14
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 28
International Students 13
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

The following legal professions concentations are available at Wake Forest University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Wake Forest University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 173
Legal Research 67

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 NC, the home state for Wake Forest University.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Lawyers 12,560 $129,990
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 10,160 $47,210
Legal Secretaries 2,060 $47,030
Legal Support Workers 750 $65,160
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 590 $48,880

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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