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Legal Research at Pepperdine University

Legal Research at Pepperdine University

Every legal research school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the legal research program at Pepperdine University stacks up to those at other schools.

Pepperdine is located in Malibu, California and has a total student population of 9,554.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Legal Research section at the bottom of this page.

  • Master’s Degree in Legal Research

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

78% Women
53% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 22% of legal research master's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

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In the legal research master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 53% of degree recipients. That is 33% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 22
Hispanic or Latino 23
White 44
International Students 9
Other Races/Ethnicities 17

Legal Research majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Pepperdine University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Advanced Legal Research/Studies 130
International Business, Trade, & Tax Law 5
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence 4

A degree in legal research can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for Pepperdine University.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Lawyers 82,180 $171,550
Law Professors 1,770 $136,920

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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