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Legal Research at Suffolk University

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

Suffolk is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 6,830 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 Suffolk University.

71% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of legal research master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

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In the legal research master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 4
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

If you plan to be a legal research major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Suffolk University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded

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 MA, the home state for Suffolk University.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Lawyers 18,420 $165,610
Law Professors 610 $137,150

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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