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Legal Research at University of Maryland - Baltimore

Legal Research at University of Maryland - Baltimore

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

UMB is located in Baltimore, Maryland and approximately 7,137 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

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal research majors at University of Maryland - Baltimore.

58% Women
49% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 42% of legal research master's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in legal research each year. UMB does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

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In the legal research master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 49% of degree recipients. That is 29% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 14
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 15
International Students 6
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 Maryland - Baltimore. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Advanced Legal Research/Studies 43

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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - Baltimore.

Occupation Jobs in MD Average Salary in MD
Lawyers 12,490 $128,340
Law Professors 160 $140,990

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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