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Legal Professions at University of California - Los Angeles

Legal Professions at University of California - Los Angeles

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

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 44,589.

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 344 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #12 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 University of California - Los Angeles.

58% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 42% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 38% men graduate in legal professions each year. UCLA does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 22
International Students 214
Other Races/Ethnicities 8

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 University of California - Los Angeles. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 342
Legal Research 43
Legal Professions (Other) 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Los Angeles.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Lawyers 82,180 $171,550
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 33,390 $61,240
Legal Secretaries 26,220 $56,570
Legal Support Workers 7,050 $56,420
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 3,560 $58,180

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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