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Legal Studies at American University

Legal Studies at American University

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

The American University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 14,001 students attend the school each year.

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

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Legal Studies

The legal studies major at The American University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Legal Studies. 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 studies majors at American University.

74% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 26% of legal studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 74% went to women.

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About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in legal studies at The American University are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 19
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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

Occupation Jobs in DC Average Salary in DC
Law Professors 1,580 $125,900

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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