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Legal Professions at Northeastern University

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Legal Professions at Northeastern University

32 Master's Degrees
194 Doctor's Degrees
Every legal professions school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the legal professions program at Northeastern University stacks up to those at other schools.

Northeastern is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 22,905.

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.

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There were 194 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #69 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 Northeastern University.

63% Women
3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 students earned a master's degree in legal professions from Northeastern. About 63% of these graduates were women and the other 38% were men.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northeastern University 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 1
White 1
International Students 21
Other Races/Ethnicities 9

If you plan to be a legal professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northeastern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 193
Legal Research 32
Legal Professions (Other) 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 MA, the home state for Northeastern University.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Lawyers 18,420 $165,610
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 7,330 $60,320
Legal Secretaries 3,920 $59,020
Law Professors 610 $137,150
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 590 $63,330

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*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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