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Legal Professions at Northwestern University

57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying legal professions, you may want to check out the program at Northwestern University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 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.

Northwestern Legal Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Northwestern

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Northwestern does offer online courses in legal professions for the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

Northwestern Legal Professions Rankings

The legal professions major at Northwestern 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 296 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #21 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Legal Professions Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Legal Professions Bachelor’s Program

62% Women

57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of legal professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 Northwestern University with a bachelor's in legal professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Northwestern Legal Professions Master’s Program

60% Women

9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 38% men graduate in legal professions each year. Northwestern does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	39
International Students	210
Other Races/Ethnicities	65

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 Northwestern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Law	296
Legal Research	106
Legal Professions (Other)	82
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	31

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 IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Lawyers	31,260	$152,980
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	13,540	$57,180
Legal Secretaries	7,880	$51,140
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	1,070	$47,670

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 Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

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