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Legal Research at University of Iowa

Legal Research at University of Iowa

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

Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and approximately 30,318 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

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in legal research, making the school the #25 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 research majors at University of Iowa.

40% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 60% of legal research master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in legal research each year. Iowa does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 19% more men than average.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 1
International Students 3
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 Iowa. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Advanced Legal Research/Studies 6

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 IA, the home state for University of Iowa.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
Lawyers 3,170 $112,630
Law Professors 60 $166,520

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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