Legal Professions at University of Denver

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

DU is located in Denver, Colorado and approximately 13,856 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,689 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Denver in 2021, 24 of them were legal professions majors.

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.

DU Legal Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Legal Professions
• Master’s Degree in Legal Professions
• Doctorate Degree in Legal Professions

Online Classes Are Available at DU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? DU offers distance education options for legal professions at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

DU Legal Professions Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the legal professions progam at DU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The legal professions major at DU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Legal Professions. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools	65
Best Value Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools	160

In 2021, 48 students received their master’s degree in legal professions from DU. This makes it the #42 most popular school for legal professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 233 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #40 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Legal Professions Student Demographics at DU

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

DU Legal Professions Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of legal professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in legal professions at DU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

DU Legal Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 48 legal professions majors earned their master's degree from DU. Of these graduates, 42% were men and 58% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 39% men graduate in legal professions each year. DU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a legal professions master's degree from DU, 52% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	25
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

DU also has a doctoral program available in legal professions. In 2021, 233 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Legal Professions

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 University of Denver. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Law	233
Legal Research	32
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	24
Legal Professions (Other)	17

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Careers That Legal Professions Grads May Go Into

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 CO, the home state for University of Denver.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Lawyers	12,930	$147,560
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	5,250	$58,350
Legal Support Workers	1,710	$66,030
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	1,240	$64,900

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By CW221 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.