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Legal Research at Fordham University

Legal Research at Fordham University

What traits are you looking for in a legal research school? To help you decide if Fordham University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's legal research program.

Fordham U is located in Bronx, New York and approximately 16,364 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Legal Research section at the bottom of this page.

  • Master’s Degree in Legal Research

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

76% Women
48% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 24% of legal research master's degrees went to men and 76% went to women.

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In the legal research master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 48% of degree recipients. That is 28% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 22
Hispanic or Latino 24
White 39
International Students 20
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

If you plan to be a legal research 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 Fordham University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Legal Research & Advanced Professional Studies 70
Intellectual Property Law 7
Real Estate and Land Development Law 4

A degree in legal research can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Fordham University.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Lawyers 76,840 $167,110
Law Professors 3,440 $137,990

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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