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Legal Professions at Utah Valley University

If you are interested in studying legal professions, you may want to check out the program at Utah Valley University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UVU is located in Orem, Utah and approximately 40,936 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 8 legal professions majors received their bachelor's degree from UVU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Legal Professions section at the bottom of this page.

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Legal Professions

The following rankings from College Factual show how the legal professions progam at UVU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The legal professions major at UVU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Legal Professions. 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Focused Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools 208

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal professions majors at Utah Valley University.

75% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students earned a bachelor's degree in legal professions from UVU. About 75% of these graduates were women and the other 25% were men.

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About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in legal professions at UVU 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 Utah Valley University with a bachelor's in legal professions.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 7
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

UVU also has a doctoral program available in legal professions. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

If you plan to be a legal professions 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 Utah Valley University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Support Services 8

A degree in legal professions can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for UT, the home state for Utah Valley University.

Occupation Jobs in UT Average Salary in UT
Lawyers 4,970 $112,380
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 2,760 $49,140
Legal Secretaries 1,200 $42,240
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 1,000 $46,670
Judicial Law Clerks 480 $38,820

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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