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Legal Professions at Seton Hall University

Legal Professions at Seton Hall University

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

Seton Hall is located in South Orange, New Jersey and has a total student population of 9,814.

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

Online Classes Are Available at Seton Hall

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Seton Hall does offer online education options in legal professions for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

  • Master’s Degree

There were 223 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #49 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 Seton Hall University.

73% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 27% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

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Of the students who received a legal professions master's degree from Seton Hall, 51% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the legal professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 14
Hispanic or Latino 16
White 55
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 17

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 Seton Hall University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 223
Legal Research 77
Legal Professions (Other) 12

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 NJ, the home state for Seton Hall University.

Occupation Jobs in NJ Average Salary in NJ
Lawyers 21,070 $139,020
Legal Secretaries 9,020 $50,660
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 8,120 $58,260
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 1,710 $56,870
Judges, and Magistrates 1,020 $126,760

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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