Legal Professions at Golden Gate University - San Francisco

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

Golden Gate University - San Francisco is located in San Francisco, California and approximately 2,472 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.

Golden Gate University - San Francisco Legal Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Legal Professions

Golden Gate University - San Francisco Legal Professions Rankings

There were 174 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #89 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Legal Professions Student Demographics at Golden Gate University - San Francisco

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal professions majors at Golden Gate University - San Francisco.

Golden Gate University - San Francisco Legal Professions Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 38% men graduate in legal professions each year. Golden Gate University - San Francisco does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 62% more men than average.

Of the students who received a legal professions master's degree from Golden Gate University - San Francisco, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the legal professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Golden Gate University - San Francisco with a master's in legal professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Legal Professions

If you plan to be a legal professions 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 Golden Gate University - San Francisco. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Law	169
Legal Research	20

Related Majors

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 CA, the home state for Golden Gate University - San Francisco.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Lawyers	82,180	$171,550
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	33,390	$61,240
Legal Secretaries	26,220	$56,570
Legal Support Workers	7,050	$56,420
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	3,560	$58,180

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 Calbear22 under License

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