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Other Legal Professions

1,008 Master's Degrees Annually
54 Doctor's Degrees Annually
#114 in Popularity (Master's)

The following table lists how many legal professions (other) graduations there were in 2020-2021 for each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Master’s Degree 1,008
Graduate Certificate 362
Doctor’s Degree 54

1,008 Master's Degrees Annually
63% Percent Women
32% Percent Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
This major is dominated by women with about 63% of recent graduates being female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

At the countrywide level, the racial-ethnic distribution of other legal professions majors is as follows:

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 74
Black or African American 141
Hispanic or Latino 74
White 384
International Students 170
Other Races/Ethnicities 165

Geographic Diversity

Students from other countries are interested in Other Legal Professions, too. About 16.9% of those with this major are international students. The most popular countries for students from outside the country are:

  • China
  • Japan
  • Brazil
  • India
  • South Korea

Master’s Degree Starting Salary

The U.S. Department of Education found that students who graduated in 2017-2019 with a master’s degree in legal professions (other) made a median starting salary of $47,094 per year. During this timeframe, most salaries fell between $42,806 (25th percentile) and $67,213 (75th percentile).

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We don’t know for sure if all of these people took jobs related to other legal professions so take that into consideration.

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 96 schools offered some type of legal professions (other) program. 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) 4 1
Certificate (2-4 Years) 0 0
Associate’s Degree 9 3
Bachelor’s Degree 18 2
Post-Baccalaureate 0 0
Master’s Degree 45 10
Post-Master’s 2 0
Doctor’s Degree (Research) 8 0
Doctor’s Degree (Professional Practice) 2 1
Doctor’s Degree (Other) 1 0

You may also be interested in one of the following majors related to other legal professions.

Major Number of Grads
Law 36,216
Legal Research 6,659
Legal Support Services 446
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 444

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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