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Legal Research at University of Southern California

Legal Research at University of Southern California

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

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 46,287.

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 Southern California.

61% Women
6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 39% of legal research master's degrees went to men and 61% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 9
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 20
International Students 335
Other Races/Ethnicities 141

The following legal research concentations are available at University of Southern California. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Southern California. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Advanced Legal Research/Studies 182
Programs for Foreign Lawyers 79
Banking, Corporate, Finance, & Securities Law 36
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence 34
Other Legal Research & Advanced Professional Studies 12
International Business, Trade, & Tax Law 10
Comparative Law 1

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 CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Lawyers 82,180 $171,550
Law Professors 1,770 $136,920

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*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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