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Legal Professions at American Public University System

Legal Professions at American Public University System

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

American Military University is located in Charles Town, West Virginia and has a total student population of 50,047.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Legal Professions section at the bottom of this page.

  • Basic Certificate in Legal Professions (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Associate’s Degree in Legal Professions
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Legal Professions
  • Master’s Degree in Legal Professions

Online Classes Are Available at American Military University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? American Military University offers distance education options for legal professions at the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree
  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

The legal professions major at American Military University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Legal Professions. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal professions majors at American Public University System.

79% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 21% of legal professions associate's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

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American Military University does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in legal professions graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from American Public University System with a associate's in legal professions.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 16
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

63% Women
37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 37% of legal professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its legal professions bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from American Public University System with a bachelor's in legal professions.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 12
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 31
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 12

63% Women
37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 37% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 63% went to women.

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Of the students who received a legal professions master's degree from American Military University, 63% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the legal professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 37% 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 American Public University System with a master's in legal professions.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 27
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

If you plan to be a legal professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from American Public University System. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 115
Legal Support Services 34

A degree in legal professions can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WV, the home state for American Public University System.

Occupation Jobs in WV Average Salary in WV
Lawyers 2,480 $98,630
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 1,810 $46,080
Legal Secretaries 1,430 $38,460
Judges, and Magistrates 300 $80,990
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 150 $59,440

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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