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Legal Research at University of the Pacific

Legal Research at University of the Pacific

What traits are you looking for in a legal research school? To help you decide if University of the Pacific is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's legal research program.

Pacific is located in Stockton, California and has a total student population of 6,263.

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

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in legal research, making the school the #33 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

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

50% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of legal research master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in legal research each year. Pacific does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

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In the legal research master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 30% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 3
International Students 7
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 the Pacific. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Advanced Legal Research/Studies 7
Energy, Environment, & Natural Resources Law 2

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 the Pacific.

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

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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