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Legal Professions at Post University

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

Post University is located in Waterbury, Connecticut and approximately 13,844 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,126 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Post University in 2021, 34 of them were legal professions majors.

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.

Post University Legal Professions Degrees Available

  • Undergrad Certificate in Legal Professions (1 - 4 Years)
  • Associate’s Degree in Legal Professions
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Legal Professions

Online Classes Are Available at Post University

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Post University offers distance education options for legal professions at the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree
  • Bachelor’s Degree

Post University Legal Professions Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the legal professions progam at Post University compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The legal professions major at Post University 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular Online Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools 9
Most Focused Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools 9
Most Popular Online Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools 10
Best Value Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools 26
Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools 33
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Most Focused Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools 62

Legal Professions Student Demographics at Post University

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

Post University Legal Professions Associate’s Program

93% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 8% of legal professions associate's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

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Post University does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in legal professions graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 16
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 15

Post University Legal Professions Bachelor’s Program

76% Women
62% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The legal professions program at Post University awarded 34 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 24% of these degrees went to men with the other 76% going to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% 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 Post University with a bachelor's in legal professions.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 11
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 9
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

Post University also has a doctoral program available in legal professions. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Legal Professions 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 Post University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 74

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 CT, the home state for Post University.

Occupation Jobs in CT Average Salary in CT
Lawyers 7,270 $153,640
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 4,780 $62,760
Legal Secretaries 1,880 $53,780
Judges, and Magistrates 230 $160,410

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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