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Legal Professions at California Western School of Law

Legal Professions at California Western School of Law

If you plan to study legal professions, take a look at what California Western School of Law has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

California Western is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 796.

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.

  • Master’s Degree in Legal Professions

Online Classes Are Available at California Western

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? California Western offers distance education options for legal professions at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

There were 207 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #58 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal professions majors at California Western School of Law.

42% Women
For the most recent academic year available, 58% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 42% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 38% men graduate in legal professions each year. California Western does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 20% more men than average.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California Western School of Law with a master's in legal professions.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 0
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 97

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 California Western School of Law. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 207
Legal Research 103

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 CA, the home state for California Western School of Law.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Lawyers 82,180 $171,550
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 33,390 $61,240
Legal Secretaries 26,220 $56,570
Legal Support Workers 7,050 $56,420
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 3,560 $58,180

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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