Legal Studies at Harvard University

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

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 30,391.

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

Harvard Legal Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Legal Studies

Harvard Legal Studies Rankings

Legal Studies Student Demographics at Harvard

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal studies majors at Harvard University.

Harvard Legal Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of legal studies master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

Careers That Legal Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in legal studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Harvard University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Law Professors	610	$137,150

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 Elisa.rolle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.