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Legal Research at Albany Law School

Legal Research at Albany Law School

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

Albany Law is located in Albany, New York and approximately 566 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

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal research majors at Albany Law School.

45% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 55% of legal research master's degrees went to men and 45% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in legal research each year. Albany Law does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 15% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a legal research master's degree from Albany Law, 69% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the legal research master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 24% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Albany Law School 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 4
White 20
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Legal Research majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Albany Law School. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Legal Research & Advanced Professional Studies 24
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence 6
Programs for Foreign Lawyers 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 NY, the home state for Albany Law School.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Lawyers 76,840 $167,110
Law Professors 3,440 $137,990

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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