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Legal Research at University of Illinois at Chicago

Legal Research at University of Illinois at Chicago

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

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 33,518.

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 Illinois at Chicago.

25% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 75% of legal research master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in legal research each year. UIC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 34% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a legal research master's degree from UIC, 75% 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 25% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Chicago 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 0
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

If you plan to be a legal research major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Illinois at Chicago. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Legal Research & Advanced Professional Studies 12
General Advanced Legal Research/Studies 4
Intellectual Property Law 4
International Business, Trade, & Tax 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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Chicago.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Lawyers 31,260 $152,980
Law Professors 950 $152,110

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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