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Legal Professions at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Legal Professions at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and has a total student population of 52,679.

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.

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

There were 122 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #142 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 professions majors at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

62% Women
9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 47 students graduated with a master's degree in legal professions from UIUC. About 38% were men and 62% were women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 1
International Students 42
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Legal Professions 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 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 122
Legal Research 46
Legal Professions (Other) 1

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 Urbana-Champaign.

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

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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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