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Legal Research at Wake Forest University

Legal Research at Wake Forest University

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

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 Research section at the bottom of this page.

  • Master’s Degree in Legal Research

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal research, making the school the #12 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 research majors at Wake Forest University.

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

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In the legal research master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

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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 research 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
General Advanced Legal Research/Studies 59
Programs for Foreign Lawyers 8

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 NC, the home state for Wake Forest University.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Lawyers 12,560 $129,990
Law Professors 390 $149,470

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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