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Undergraduate Certificate in Legal Professions

Undergraduate Certificates in Legal Professions

2,572 Yearly Graduations
$40,492 Median Salary
$18,036 Median Debt
Among those who recently graduated from the schools offering this degree, the majority were women, and 47% were students from underrepresented racial-ethnic groups. Also, 0.7% of legal professions graduates were international students.

During the most recent year for which data is available, 2,572 people earned their undergraduate certificate in legal professions. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in legal professions at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Doctor’s Degree 36,068
Master’s Degree 10,707
Associate Degree 5,241
Bachelor’s Degree 4,743
Undergraduate Certificate 2,572
Graduate Certificate 2,525
Basic Certificate 2,413

The median salary for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in legal professions is $40,492. This number may vary for a lot of reasons. For instance, you may decide to move to a location where people with your degree are rare and make more money. A better approximation of salary is to look at the typical range of salaries. In this case the low is $36,398 and the high is $43,895.

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Student Debt

The median student debt for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in legal professions is $18,036. The school you go to and how long it takes you to graduate, among other things, can cause this number to vary. The chart below shows the range of accumulated debt loads. On the high side of the range, $25,970 is the debt load, and the debt load on the low side is $12,195.

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Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their undergraduate certificate in legal professions. About 82.4% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 453
Women 2,119
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The racial-ethnic distribution of legal professions undergraduate certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 90
Black or African American 374
Hispanic or Latino 606
White 1,289
International Students 19
Other Races/Ethnicities 194
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Below are some popular majors that are similar to legal professions that offer undergraduate certificates.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Law Enforcement & Firefighting 6,773

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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