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Legal Research at Golden Gate University - San Francisco

Legal Research at Golden Gate University - San Francisco

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

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 Research section at the bottom of this page.

  • Master’s Degree in Legal Research

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal research, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

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

40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 100% of legal research master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in legal research each year. Golden Gate University - San Francisco does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 59% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a legal research 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 research master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 20% 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 research.

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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

Legal Research 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 Golden Gate University - San Francisco. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Tax Law/Taxation 9
International Law & Legal Studies 5
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence 4
Energy, Environment, & Natural Resources Law 1
Intellectual Property Law 1

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

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Lawyers 82,180 $171,550
Law Professors 1,770 $136,920

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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