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Legal Professions at Drake University

13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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 Drake University stacks up to those at other schools.

Drake is located in Des Moines, Iowa and approximately 4,774 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.

Drake Legal Professions Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Legal Professions
Master’s Degree in Legal Professions

Online Classes Are Available at Drake

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

Master’s Degree

Drake Legal Professions Rankings

The legal professions major at Drake 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.

There were 100 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #164 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Legal Professions Student Demographics at Drake

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

Drake Legal Professions Bachelor’s Program

76% Women

13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of legal professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% went to women.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in legal professions at Drake 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 Drake University with a bachelor's in legal professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	33
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Drake Legal Professions Master’s Program

50% Women

23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 38% men graduate in legal professions each year. Drake does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

Of the students who received a legal professions master's degree from Drake, 77% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Legal Professions

The following legal professions concentations are available at Drake University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Drake University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Law	100
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	44
Legal Professions (Other)	26

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 IA, the home state for Drake University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Lawyers	3,170	$112,630
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	2,350	$46,990
Legal Secretaries	1,470	$38,680
Legal Support Workers	810	$47,310
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	690	$35,560

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
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