Legal Professions at Northeastern University

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.

Northeastern Legal Professions Degrees Available

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

Northeastern Legal Professions Rankings

The legal professions major at Northeastern 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.

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.

Legal Professions Student Demographics at Northeastern

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

Northeastern Legal Professions Bachelor’s Program

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

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

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

Northeastern Legal Professions Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Legal Professions

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

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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 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

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 (User:Piotrus) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.