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Legal Research at Samford University

Legal Research at Samford 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 Samford University stacks up to those at other schools.

Samford is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 5,729 students attend the school each year.

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 Samford University.

79% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 21% of legal research master's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

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In the legal research master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 26% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 9
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

The following legal research concentations are available at Samford University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Samford University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Health Law 10
Other Legal Research & Advanced Professional Studies 8
Programs for Foreign Lawyers 5
General Advanced Legal Research/Studies 1

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 AL, the home state for Samford University.

Occupation Jobs in AL Average Salary in AL
Lawyers 5,540 $117,100
Law Professors 90 $152,430

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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