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Legal Professions at Loyola University New Orleans

Legal Professions at Loyola University New Orleans

If you plan to study legal professions, take a look at what Loyola University New Orleans has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Loyola New Orleans is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and has a total student population of 4,497.

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.

  • Master’s Degree in Legal Professions

There were 153 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #111 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 professions majors at Loyola University New Orleans.

79% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 21% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

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In the legal professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 4
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Legal Professions 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 Loyola University New Orleans. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 153
Legal Research 21

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 LA, the home state for Loyola University New Orleans.

Occupation Jobs in LA Average Salary in LA
Lawyers 8,170 $105,490
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 4,550 $50,540
Legal Secretaries 3,310 $40,330
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 1,010 $38,370
Legal Support Workers 400 $51,380

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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