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Legal Professions at Mississippi College

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

MC is located in Clinton, Mississippi and has a total student population of 4,667. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in legal professions from MC.

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 MC performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The legal professions major at MC 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
Best Value Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools 53
120
162

In 2021, 1 student received their master’s degree in legal professions from MC. This is the #164 most popular school for legal professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 94 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #168 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 Mississippi College.

100% Women
75% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in legal professions from MC. About 0% were men and 100% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% more racial-ethnic minorities in its legal professions bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 2
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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

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

MC also has a doctoral program available in legal professions. In 2021, 94 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

If you plan to be a legal professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Mississippi College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 94
Legal Support Services 8
Legal Research 1

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 MS, the home state for Mississippi College.

Occupation Jobs in MS Average Salary in MS
Lawyers 3,070 $97,990
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 1,820 $44,300
Legal Secretaries 770 $40,080
Judges, and Magistrates 280 $50,640
Law Professors 100 $129,630

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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