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Legal Professions at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Legal Professions at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 30,559.

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

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal professions majors at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

88% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 13% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

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Of the students who received a legal professions master's degree from UT Knoxville, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Legal Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 124

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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation Jobs in TN Average Salary in TN
Lawyers 7,600 $124,470
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 4,100 $49,050
Legal Secretaries 3,010 $43,480
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 1,150 $45,830
Legal Support Workers 500 $62,330

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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