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Legal Research at University of Miami

Legal Research at University of Miami

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

U Miami is located in Coral Gables, Florida and has a total student population of 17,809.

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 Miami.

52% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 48% of legal research master's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in legal research each year. U Miami does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

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In the legal research master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 34
White 21
International Students 65
Other Races/Ethnicities 16

If you plan to be a legal research major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Miami. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
International Law & Legal Studies 42
Other Legal Research & Advanced Professional Studies 37
Tax Law/Taxation 19
Energy, Environment, & Natural Resources Law 4

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 FL, the home state for University of Miami.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Lawyers 47,280 $128,920
Law Professors 650 $141,230

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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