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Legal Research at James Madison University

If you are interested in studying legal research, you may want to check out the program at James Madison University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

JMU is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 21,594. In 2021, 91 legal research majors received their bachelor's degree from JMU.

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.

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Legal Research

The following rankings from College Factual show how the legal research progam at JMU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The legal research major at JMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Legal Research. 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 Research Bachelor’s Degree Schools 3

The median salary of legal research students who receive their bachelor's degree at JMU is $35,445. This is less than $43,362, which is the national average of all legal research majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal research majors at James Madison University.

71% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 91 legal research students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from JMU, about 29% were men and 71% were women.

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About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in legal research at JMU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its legal research bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 62
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

JMU also has a doctoral program available in legal research. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 VA, the home state for James Madison University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Lawyers 15,890 $139,180

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*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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