Find Affordable College Courses

What Do You Want to Study?

Legal Studies at University of Massachusetts Amherst

Legal Studies at University of Massachusetts Amherst

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

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 Legal Studies section at the bottom of this page.

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Legal Studies

The legal studies major at UMass Amherst 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 Massachusetts Amherst.

65% Women
28% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 35% of legal studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% 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 UMass Amherst since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

undefined

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in 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 legal studies.

undefined
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

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.