Non-Professional General Legal Studies at University of Massachusetts Amherst

If you plan to study non-professional general legal studies, take a look at what University of Massachusetts Amherst has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UMass Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 31,642.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Non-Professional General Legal Studies section at the bottom of this page.

UMass Amherst Non-Professional General Legal Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Non-Professional General Legal Studies

UMass Amherst Non-Professional General Legal Studies Rankings

The non-professional general legal studies major at UMass Amherst is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Non-Professional General 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.

Non-Professional General Legal Studies Student Demographics at UMass Amherst

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the non-professional general legal studies majors at University of Massachusetts Amherst.

UMass Amherst Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of non-professional general legal studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. The typical non-professional general legal studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at UMass Amherst since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in non-professional general legal studies at UMass Amherst are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Massachusetts Amherst with a bachelor's in non-professional general legal studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	77
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Non-Professional General Legal Studies

Non-Professional General Legal Studies 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 Massachusetts Amherst. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Studies	99

Related Majors

Careers That Non-Professional General Legal Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in non-professional general 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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Law Professors	610	$137,150

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 Lion Hirth under License

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