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Legal Professions at Wake Forest University

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Legal Professions at Wake Forest University

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

Wake Forest University is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and has a total student population of 8,789.

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.

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

Online Classes Are Available at Wake Forest University

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Wake Forest University offers distance education options for legal professions at the following degree levels:

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There were 177 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #85 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 professions majors at Wake Forest University.

62% Women
37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The legal professions program at Wake Forest University awarded 63 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 38% of these degrees went to men with the other 62% going to women.

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Of the students who received a legal professions master's degree from Wake Forest University, 54% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the legal professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 37% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 16
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 34
International Students 6
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

The following legal professions concentations are available at Wake Forest University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Wake Forest University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Law 173
Legal Research 67

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 NC, the home state for Wake Forest University.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Lawyers 12,560 $129,990
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 10,160 $47,210
Legal Secretaries 2,060 $47,030
Legal Support Workers 750 $65,160
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 590 $48,880

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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