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Legal Research at University of Florida

Legal Research at University of Florida

88 Master's Degrees
4 Doctor's Degrees
If you plan to study legal research, take a look at what University of Florida has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and approximately 53,372 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Legal Research section at the bottom of this page.

  • Master’s Degree in Legal Research

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal research, 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 research majors at University of Florida.

33% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 67% of legal research master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in legal research each year. UF does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 27% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a legal research master's degree from UF, 56% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the legal research master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 30% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 18
White 48
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Tax Law/Taxation 79
International Business, Trade, & Tax Law 8
Comparative Law 5

A degree in legal research can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for FL, the home state for University of Florida.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Lawyers 47,280 $128,920
Law Professors 650 $141,230

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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