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Legal Professions at Michigan State University

30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and has a total student population of 49,695.

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.

Michigan State Legal Professions Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Legal Professions
Master’s Degree in Legal Professions

Michigan State Legal Professions Rankings

The legal professions major at Michigan State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Legal Professions. 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.

There were 216 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #54 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Legal Professions Student Demographics at Michigan State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal professions majors at Michigan State University.

Michigan State Legal Professions Bachelor’s Program

55% Women

30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of legal professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical legal professions bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at Michigan State since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in legal professions at Michigan State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	76
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Michigan State Legal Professions Master’s Program

82% Women

32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

Of the students who received a legal professions master's degree from Michigan State, 68% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Legal Professions

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 Michigan State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Law	216
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	99
Legal Professions (Other)	25
Legal Research	3

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting

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 MI, the home state for Michigan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Lawyers	14,550	$110,180
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	6,110	$50,590
Legal Secretaries	5,230	$45,140
Court Reporters	500	$54,720

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
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