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Legal Research at Wayne State University

Legal Research at Wayne State University

What traits are you looking for in a legal research school? To help you decide if Wayne State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's legal research program.

Wayne State is located in Detroit, Michigan and has a total student population of 26,241.

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

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal research majors at Wayne State University.

83% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of legal research master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

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In the legal research master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 42% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 3
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Legal Research majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Wayne State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Programs for Foreign Lawyers 2
Other Legal Research & Advanced Professional Studies 1

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 MI, the home state for Wayne State University.

Occupation Jobs in MI Average Salary in MI
Lawyers 14,550 $110,180
Law Professors 360 $110,040

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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