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Legal Professions at Georgia Southern University

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

GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and approximately 26,949 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 4 legal professions majors received their bachelor's degree from GaSou.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks legal professions programs across the country. The following shows how GaSou performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The legal professions major at GaSou 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 Focused Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools 207

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

50% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 4 legal professions students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from GaSou, about 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical legal professions bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% men. So male students are more repesented at GaSou since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

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About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in legal professions at GaSou are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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

GaSou also has a doctoral program available in legal professions. In 2021, 0 student 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 Georgia Southern University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Professions (Other) 4

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 GA, the home state for Georgia Southern University.

Occupation Jobs in GA Average Salary in GA
Lawyers 20,080 $128,930
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 9,140 $54,130
Legal Secretaries 3,980 $45,680
Judges, and Magistrates 1,340 $108,150
Judicial Law Clerks 730 $52,940

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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