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Legal Professions at Cleveland State University

Legal Professions at Cleveland State University

Every legal professions school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the legal professions program at Cleveland State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Cleveland State University is located in Cleveland, Ohio and approximately 15,247 students attend the school each year.

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

There were 125 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #138 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 Cleveland State University.

68% Women
32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 32% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 68% went to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cleveland State University with a master's in legal professions.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

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 Cleveland State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 125
Legal Research 17

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 OH, the home state for Cleveland State University.

Occupation Jobs in OH Average Salary in OH
Lawyers 17,600 $121,520
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 9,150 $49,200
Legal Secretaries 4,830 $46,060
Judges, and Magistrates 2,510 $90,960
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 2,200 $48,520

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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