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Legal Professions at Texas Southern University

Legal Professions at Texas Southern University

2 Master's Degrees
167 Doctor's Degrees
If you plan to study legal professions, take a look at what Texas Southern University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

TSU is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 7,015 students attend the school each year.

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 167 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #99 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 Texas Southern University.

57% Women
71% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 43% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 38% men graduate in legal professions each year. TSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

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In the legal professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 71% of degree recipients. That is 38% better than the national average.*

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

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

Legal Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Texas Southern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 167
Legal Research 2

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 TX, the home state for Texas Southern University.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Lawyers 42,590 $150,250
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 24,290 $56,270
Legal Secretaries 12,990 $46,430
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 6,250 $57,940
Legal Support Workers 2,140 $63,140

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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