Legal Professions at University of Illinois at Springfield

Every legal professions school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the legal professions program at University of Illinois at Springfield stacks up to those at other schools.

UIS is located in Springfield, Illinois and has a total student population of 4,146.

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.

UIS Legal Professions Degrees Available

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

UIS Legal Professions Rankings

The legal professions major at UIS 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.

Legal Professions Student Demographics at UIS

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

UIS Legal Professions Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of legal professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% more racial-ethnic minorities in its legal professions bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UIS Legal Professions Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

Of the students who received a legal professions master's degree from UIS, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Legal Professions

The following legal professions concentations are available at University of Illinois at Springfield. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Illinois at Springfield. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	21

Related Majors

• Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Springfield.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Lawyers	31,260	$152,980
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	13,540	$57,180
Legal Secretaries	7,880	$51,140
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	1,070	$47,670

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.