by our College Data Analytics TeamLegal Research is a major offered under the legal professions program of study at Boston University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in legal research, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at Boston U paid an average of $0 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $56,854 | $56,854 |
| Fees | $812 | $812 |
legal research who receive their master’s degree from Boston U make an average of $97,452 a year during the early days of their career. That is 43% higher than the national average of $68,119.
Boston U does not offer an online option for its legal research master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Boston U Online Learning page.
Women made up around 63.7% of the legal research students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 57.8%.
Around 7.1% of legal research master’s degree recipients at Boston U in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 17%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 5 |
| Black or African American | 4 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 30 |
| International Students | 174 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 22 |
Legal Research students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Programs for Foreign Lawyers | 123 |
| Banking, Corporate, Finance, & Securities Law | 41 |
| International Business, Trade, & Tax Law | 3 |
| Tax Law/Taxation | 68 |
| Other Legal Research & Advanced Professional Studies | 5 |
*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.
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