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Legal Studies at University of Illinois at Springfield

Legal Studies at University of Illinois at Springfield

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

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 Studies section at the bottom of this page.

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

The legal studies major at UIS is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Legal Studies. 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.

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

69% Women
56% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 31% of legal studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. The typical legal studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at UIS since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its legal studies 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 studies.

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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

78% Women
28% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 22% of legal studies master's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

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Of the students who received a legal studies 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 studies.

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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

A degree in legal studies 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
Law Professors 950 $152,110

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*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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