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Legal Professions at Seattle University

Legal Professions at Seattle University

If you plan to study legal professions, take a look at what Seattle University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Seattle U is located in Seattle, Washington and has a total student population of 7,050.

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.

  • Master’s Degree in Legal Professions

There were 198 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #66 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 Seattle University.

84% Women
48% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 16% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

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In the legal professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 48% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 10
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

The following legal professions concentations are available at Seattle University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Seattle University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 198
Legal Research 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 WA, the home state for Seattle University.

Occupation Jobs in WA Average Salary in WA
Lawyers 11,000 $136,480
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 6,220 $60,940
Legal Secretaries 2,780 $54,590
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 1,280 $49,440
Judges, and Magistrates 910 $124,440

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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