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Legal Professions at Florida State University

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Legal Professions at Florida State University

If you plan to study legal professions, take a look at what Florida State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Florida State is located in Tallahassee, Florida and has a total student population of 43,569.

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
  • Doctorate Degree in Legal Professions

Online Classes Are Available at Florida State

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Florida State offers distance education options for legal professions at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

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There were 218 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #51 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 Florida State University.

63% Women
47% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 129 legal professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Florida State, about 37% were men and 63% were women.

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In the legal professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 33
Hispanic or Latino 22
White 64
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

The following legal professions concentations are available at Florida State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Florida State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 218
Legal Research 129

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 FL, the home state for Florida State University.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Lawyers 47,280 $128,920
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 30,230 $50,120
Legal Secretaries 9,460 $45,550
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 4,800 $50,350
Legal Support Workers 1,750 $65,520

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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