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Legal Research at University of Houston

Legal Research at University of Houston

If you are interested in studying legal research, you may want to check out the program at University of Houston. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UH is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 47,090 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

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

63% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 38% of legal research master's degrees went to men and 63% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 11
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Legal Research 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 Houston. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Energy, Environment, & Natural Resources Law 14
International Law & Legal Studies 12
Tax Law/Taxation 10
Health Law 8
Intellectual Property Law 2

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 TX, the home state for University of Houston.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Lawyers 42,590 $150,250
Law Professors 1,270 $110,360

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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