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Legal Professions at Yale University

If you are interested in studying Legal Professions, take a look at what Yale University. Get started with the following essential facts.

Yale University sits in New Haven, CT.

Studying Online at Yale University

Many students take online classes at Yale University. Of 15,564 students, 38 (0%) studied exclusively online and 387 (2%) took at least some classes online.

Earnings for Legal Professions Graduates from Yale University

Those who finish Yale University’s Legal Professions program earn the following amounts (per the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard):

Years After Graduation	Median Earnings
1 year	$76,705
2 years	$132,032
3 years	$165,012
4 years	$204,668
5 years	$221,083

How do these earnings stack up against the rest of the school? Four years after graduating, Legal Professions graduates from Yale University take home a median $204,668, compared with $119,690 for all Yale University graduates — about 71% higher than the school-wide median.

Highest-Paying Careers for Legal Professions Graduates

Students who finish Legal Professions program at Yale University work across a variety of fields. 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

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

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