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.

Cleveland State University Legal Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Legal Professions
• Doctorate Degree in Legal Professions

Cleveland State University Legal Professions Rankings

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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.

Legal Professions Student Demographics at Cleveland State University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal professions majors at Cleveland State University.

Cleveland State University Legal Professions Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students earned a master's degree in legal professions from Cleveland State University. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 39% men graduate in legal professions each year. Cleveland State University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

Of the students who received a legal professions master's degree from Cleveland State University, 58% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the legal professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 42% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Legal Professions

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

Related Majors

• Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
• Public Administration & Social Service

Careers That Legal Professions Grads May Go Into

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Balaji810 under License

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