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Legal Professions at Michigan State University

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Legal Professions at Michigan State University

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. Of the 9,450 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University in 2021, 97 of them were legal professions majors.

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.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks legal professions programs across the country. The following shows how Michigan State performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools 68
Most Focused Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools 122

In 2021, 30 students received their master’s degree in legal professions from Michigan State. This makes it the #69 most popular school for legal professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

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

52% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The legal professions program at Michigan State awarded 97 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 48% of these degrees went to men with the other 52% going to women. The typical legal professions bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% men. So male students are more repesented at Michigan State since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

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About 75% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 10
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 73
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

67% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 30 legal professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Michigan State, about 33% were men and 67% were women.

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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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 15
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Michigan State also has a doctoral program available in legal professions. In 2021, 216 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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