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Legal Professions at Drexel University

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

Drexel is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 23,589 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students received a bachelor's degree in legal professions from Drexel.

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.

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

Online Classes Are Available at Drexel

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Drexel does offer online courses in legal professions for the following degree levels:

The following rankings from College Factual show how the legal professions progam at Drexel compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The legal professions major at Drexel 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular Legal Professions Graduate Certificate Schools 53
Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools 138

In 2021, 52 students received their master’s degree in legal professions from Drexel. This makes it the #39 most popular school for legal professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 167 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #99 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 Drexel University.

65% Women
46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 26 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in legal professions from Drexel in 2021, 35% were men and 65% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its legal professions bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 9
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 11
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

81% Women
48% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 52 legal professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Drexel, about 19% were men and 81% were women.

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In the legal professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 48% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 16
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 19
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 8

Drexel also has a doctoral program available in legal professions. In 2021, 167 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

If you plan to be a legal professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Drexel University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 167
Legal Research 79

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 PA, the home state for Drexel University.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Lawyers 24,980 $138,610
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 12,440 $52,780
Legal Secretaries 7,420 $50,980
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 2,050 $46,170
Judicial Law Clerks 1,070 $40,550

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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