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Legal Assistant/Paralegal at George Washington University

Legal Assistant/Paralegal at George Washington University

29 Master's Degrees
If you are interested in studying legal assistant/paralegal, you may want to check out the program at George Washington University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 27,017.

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

  • Master’s Degree in Paralegal

Paralegal Student Demographics at GWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the paralegal majors at George Washington University.

83% Women
57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of paralegal master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 16% men graduate in paralegal each year. GWU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

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In the paralegal master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 6
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

Careers That Paralegal Grads May Go Into

A degree in paralegal can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation Jobs in DC Average Salary in DC
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 5,330 $80,470
Legal Support Workers 2,480 $74,330
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 50 $74,080

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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