Legal Professions at Villanova University

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

Villanova is located in Villanova, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 11,032.

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.

Villanova Legal Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Legal Professions
• Doctorate Degree in Legal Professions

Online Classes Are Available at Villanova

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Villanova does offer online courses in legal professions for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Villanova Legal Professions Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

There were 174 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #89 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Legal Professions Student Demographics at Villanova

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

Villanova Legal Professions Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 39% men graduate in legal professions each year. Villanova does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 15% more men than average.

Of the students who received a legal professions master's degree from Villanova, 83% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	34
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Legal Professions

If you plan to be a legal professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Villanova University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Law	174
Legal Research	58

Related Majors

• Public Administration & Social Service

Careers That Legal Professions Grads May Go Into

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 PA, the home state for Villanova University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Lawyers	24,980	$138,610
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	12,440	$52,780
Legal Secretaries	7,420	$50,980
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	2,050	$46,170
Judicial Law Clerks	1,070	$40,550

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Alertjean under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.