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Legal Professions at University of Dayton

Legal Professions at University of Dayton

What traits are you looking for in a legal professions school? To help you decide if University of Dayton is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's legal professions program.

UDayton is located in Dayton, Ohio and approximately 11,650 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 62 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #189 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 Dayton.

69% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 31% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 69% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 21
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 14

If you plan to be a legal professions 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 University of Dayton. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 62
Legal Research 53

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 OH, the home state for University of Dayton.

Occupation Jobs in OH Average Salary in OH
Lawyers 17,600 $121,520
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 9,150 $49,200
Legal Secretaries 4,830 $46,060
Judges, and Magistrates 2,510 $90,960
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 2,200 $48,520

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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