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Legal Professions at Wake Forest University

Legal Professions at Wake Forest University

What traits are you looking for in a school for Legal Professions, consider the program at Wake Forest University. Get started with the following essential facts.

Wake Forest University sits in Winston-Salem, NC.

Online Class Availability at Wake Forest University

Online coursework is an option at Wake Forest University. Of 9,322 students, 1,233 (13%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 515 (6%) took at least some classes online.

These rankings give you a sense of how Wake Forest University’s Legal Professions program to other colleges that offer this major.

Master’s-Level Rankings

Ranking Scope Rank
Best Schools (Quality) North Carolina #4 of 15
Best Value North Carolina #13 of 15
Best Schools (Quality) Southeast (Region) #33 of 109
Best Value Southeast (Region) #98 of 109
Best Schools (Quality) Nationwide #183 of 459
Best Value Nationwide #380 of 450

Doctoral-Level Rankings

Ranking Scope Rank
Best Schools (Quality) North Carolina #4 of 15
Best Value North Carolina #13 of 15
Best Schools (Quality) Southeast (Region) #33 of 109
Best Value Southeast (Region) #98 of 109
Best Schools (Quality) Nationwide #183 of 459
Best Value Nationwide #380 of 450

Those who finish Wake Forest University’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 Wake Forest University
Years After Graduation Median Earnings
1 year $58,731
2 years $60,811
3 years $72,065
4 years $87,235
5 years $107,956

How do these earnings stack up against the rest of the school? Four years after graduating, Legal Professions graduates from Wake Forest University report median earnings of $87,235, compared with $85,076 for all Wake Forest University graduates — about 3% higher than the school-wide median.

Legal Professions earnings compared with all majors at Wake Forest University

Graduates of the Legal Professions program at Wake Forest University go on to a range of careers. The table below ranks the best-paid careers for Legal Professions graduates, 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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