Legal Professions at George Mason University

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

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and approximately 38,541 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.

GMU Legal Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Legal Professions

Online Classes Are Available at GMU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

GMU does offer online education options in legal professions for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

GMU Legal Professions Rankings

There were 158 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #108 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Legal Professions Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Legal Professions Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 38% men graduate in legal professions each year. GMU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the legal professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 80% of degree recipients. That is 47% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Legal Professions

Legal Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from George Mason University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Law	158
Legal Research	52
Legal Professions (Other)	15

Related Majors

• Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting

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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Lawyers	15,890	$139,180
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	9,960	$51,600
Legal Support Workers	7,050	$114,390
Legal Secretaries	2,160	$46,400
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	1,390	$45,530

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 Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.