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Legal Professions at Northern Kentucky University

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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 Northern Kentucky University stacks up to those at other schools.

NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and approximately 16,211 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.

NKU Legal Professions Degrees Available

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

NKU Legal Professions Rankings

The legal professions major at NKU 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 100 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #164 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Legal Professions Student Demographics at NKU

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

NKU Legal Professions Bachelor’s Program

33% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of legal professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical legal professions bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at NKU since its program graduates 29% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 Northern Kentucky University with a bachelor's in legal professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NKU Legal Professions Master’s Program

80% Women

20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

Of the students who received a legal professions master's degree from NKU, 73% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Legal Professions

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Law	100
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	6

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting

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 KY, the home state for Northern Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Lawyers	5,740	$100,100
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	2,940	$46,130
Legal Secretaries	2,080	$36,440
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	360	$39,760
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	340	$57,090

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
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