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Legal Research at Wake Forest University

Legal Research at Wake Forest University

If you plan to study legal research, 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 Research section at the bottom of this page.

  • Master’s Degree in Legal Research

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal research, making the school the #12 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 Wake Forest University.

63% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 37% of legal research master's degrees went to men and 63% went to women.

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In the legal research master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% of degree recipients. That is 9% 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 research.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 14
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 28
International Students 13
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Legal Research majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. 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
General Advanced Legal Research/Studies 59
Programs for Foreign Lawyers 8

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 NC, the home state for Wake Forest University.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Lawyers 12,560 $129,990
Law Professors 390 $149,470

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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