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Legal Research at New York University

Legal Research at New York University

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

NYU is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 52,775.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Legal Research section at the bottom of this page.

  • Master’s Degree in Legal Research

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal research majors at New York University.

60% Women
4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 40% of legal research master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 39
International Students 381
Other Races/Ethnicities 31

The following legal research concentations are available at New York University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from New York University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Tax Law/Taxation 143
General Advanced Legal Research/Studies 16
International Law & Legal Studies 12
Banking, Corporate, Finance, & Securities Law 7
International Business, Trade, & Tax Law 1

A degree in legal research can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for New York University.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Lawyers 76,840 $167,110
Law Professors 3,440 $137,990

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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