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Legal Professions at Nova Southeastern University

Legal Professions at Nova Southeastern 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 Nova Southeastern University stacks up to those at other schools.

NUS Florida is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and has a total student population of 20,888.

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.

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

Online Classes Are Available at NUS Florida

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

  • Master’s Degree

The legal professions major at NUS Florida 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.

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

80% Women
75% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of legal professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% 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 Nova Southeastern University with a bachelor's in legal professions.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 4
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

88% Women
64% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 12% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

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In the legal professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 64% of degree recipients. That is 31% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 32
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 18
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 194
Legal Research 69
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 11
Legal Support Services 8

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 FL, the home state for Nova Southeastern University.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Lawyers 47,280 $128,920
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 30,230 $50,120
Legal Secretaries 9,460 $45,550
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 4,800 $50,350
Legal Support Workers 1,750 $65,520

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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