Legal Professions at West Virginia University

What traits are you looking for in a legal professions school? To help you decide if West Virginia University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's legal professions program.

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and approximately 26,269 students attend the school each year.

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.

WVU Legal Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Legal Professions

Online Classes Are Available at WVU

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.

WVU does offer online education options in legal professions for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

WVU Legal Professions Rankings

There were 104 students who received their doctoral degrees in legal professions, making the school the #157 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Legal Professions Student Demographics at WVU

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

WVU Legal Professions Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of legal professions master's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

Of the students who received a legal professions master's degree from WVU, 93% 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 West Virginia University with a master's in legal professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from West Virginia University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Law	104
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	27

Related Majors

• Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting

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 WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Lawyers	2,480	$98,630
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	1,810	$46,080
Legal Secretaries	1,430	$38,460
Judges, and Magistrates	300	$80,990
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	150	$59,440

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 Swimmerguy269 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.