Health Law

Types of Degrees Health Law Majors Are Getting

The following table lists how many health law graduations there were for each degree level during the last year for which data was available.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Master’s Degree	369
Graduate Certificate	164
Doctor’s Degree	1

What Health Law Majors Need to Know

In an O*NET survey, health law majors were asked to rate what knowledge areas, skills, and abilities were important in their occupations. These answers were weighted on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the most important.

Knowledge Areas for Health Law Majors

This major prepares you for careers in which these knowledge areas are important:

• Law and Government - Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Personnel and Human Resources - Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

Skills for Health Law Majors

When studying health law, you’ll learn many skills that will help you be successful in a wide range of jobs - even those that do not require a degree in the field. The following is a list of some of the most common skills needed for careers associated with this major:

• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Abilities for Health Law Majors

Health Law majors often go into careers where the following abilities are vital:

• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.

What Can You Do With a Health Law Major?

People with a health law degree often go into the following careers:

Job Title	Job Growth Rate	Median Salary
Lawyers	8.2%	$120,910

Who Is Getting a Master’s Degree in Health Law?

The major attracts more women than men. About 80% of the recent graduates in this field are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

At the countrywide level, the racial-ethnic distribution of health law majors is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	16
Black or African American	60
Hispanic or Latino	55
White	147
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	73

Geographic Diversity

Students from other countries are interested in Health Law, too. About 4.9% of those with this major are international students.

Amount of Education Required for Careers Related to Health Law

Some careers associated with health law require an advanced degree while some may not even require a bachelor’s. In general, the more advanced your degree the more career options will open up to you. However, there is significant time and money that needs to be invested into your education so weigh the pros and cons.

Find out what the typical degree level is for health law careers below.

Education Level	Percentage of Workers
First Professional Degree - awarded for completion of a program that: requires at least 2 years of college work before entrance into the program, includes a total of at least 6 academic years of work to complete, and provides all remaining academic requirements to begin practice in a profession.	66.6%
Doctoral Degree	30.3%
Post-Doctoral Training	1.3%

Online Health Law Programs

The following table lists the number of programs by degree level, along with how many schools offered online courses in the field.

Degree Level	Colleges Offering Programs	Colleges Offering Online Classes
Certificate (Less Than 1 Year)	0	0
Certificate (1-2 years)	2	1
Certificate (2-4 Years)	0	0
Associate’s Degree	0	0
Bachelor’s Degree	12	5
Post-Baccalaureate	0	0
Master’s Degree	17	6
Post-Master’s	1	0
Doctor’s Degree (Research)	3	0
Doctor’s Degree (Professional Practice)	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Other)	0	0

Majors Related to Health Law

You may also be interested in one of the following majors related to health law.

Major	Number of Grads
General Advanced Legal Research/Studies	4,165
Programs for Foreign Lawyers	1,720
Other Legal Research & Advanced Professional Studies	1,213
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence	933
Tax Law/Taxation	789
International Law & Legal Studies	460
Banking, Corporate, Finance, & Securities Law	436
International Business, Trade, & Tax Law	273
Energy, Environment, & Natural Resources Law	238
Intellectual Property Law	105
Arts and Entertainment Law	87
Human Resources Law	46
Comparative Law	42
Tribal/Indigenous Law	41
Criminal Law and Procedure	35
Compliance Law	9
Real Estate and Land Development Law	9
Agriculture Law	3
Patent Law	0

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.

• College Factual
• College Scorecard
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers First Quarter 2020

More about our data sources and methodologies.