Legal Professions at Montclair State University

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

Montclair State is located in Montclair, New Jersey and approximately 21,005 students attend the school each year.

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.

Montclair State Legal Professions Degrees Available

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

Montclair State Legal Professions Rankings

The legal professions major at Montclair 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.

Legal Professions Student Demographics at Montclair State

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

Montclair State Legal Professions Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of legal professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 Montclair State University with a bachelor's in legal professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Montclair State Legal Professions Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

In the legal professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 52% of degree recipients. That is 19% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Legal Professions

The following legal professions concentations are available at Montclair State University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Montclair State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Professions (Other)	36
Legal Support Services	25

Related Majors

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 NJ, the home state for Montclair State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Lawyers	21,070	$139,020
Legal Secretaries	9,020	$50,660
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	8,120	$58,260
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	1,710	$56,870
Judges, and Magistrates	1,020	$126,760

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
• Image Credit: By Yurinator180 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.