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Legal Research at Washington University in St Louis

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Legal Research at Washington University in St Louis

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

WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and approximately 15,449 students attend the school each year.

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
  • Doctorate Degree in Legal Research

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There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal research, making the school the #7 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 Washington University in St Louis.

65% Women
35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The legal research program at WUSTL awarded 279 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 35% of these degrees went to men with the other 65% going to women.

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In the legal research master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 35% 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 Washington University in St Louis with a master's in legal research.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 12
Black or African American 56
Hispanic or Latino 20
White 77
International Students 94
Other Races/Ethnicities 20

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 MO, the home state for Washington University in St Louis.

Occupation Jobs in MO Average Salary in MO
Lawyers 10,340 $113,780
Law Professors 90 $128,180

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*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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