Legal Professions at Santa Clara University
If you are interested in studying legal professions, you may want to check out the program at Santa Clara University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.SCU is located in Santa Clara, California and has a total student population of 8,616.
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.
SCU Legal Professions Degrees Available
- Master’s Degree in Legal Professions
SCU Legal Professions Rankings
There were 217 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #52 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.
Legal Professions Student Demographics at SCU
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal professions majors at Santa Clara University.
SCU Legal Professions Master’s Program
The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Santa Clara University with a master's in legal professions.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
White | 1 |
International Students | 5 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Santa Clara University. A concentration may not be available for your level.
Concentration | Annual Degrees Awarded |
---|---|
Law | 217 |
Legal Research | 17 |
Related Majors
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 CA, the home state for Santa Clara University.
Occupation | Jobs in CA | Average Salary in CA |
---|---|---|
Lawyers | 82,180 | $171,550 |
Paralegals and Legal Assistants | 33,390 | $61,240 |
Legal Secretaries | 26,220 | $56,570 |
Legal Support Workers | 7,050 | $56,420 |
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers | 3,560 | $58,180 |
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 Arnaudh under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.