by our College Data Analytics TeamLegal Professions is a program of study at California Western School of Law. The school offers a doctor’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in legal professions, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Part-time graduates at California Western paid an average of $2,560 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $32,440 | $32,440 |
| Fees | $150 | $150 |
Online degrees for the California Western legal professions doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the California Western Online Learning page.
Women made up around 57.3% of the legal professions students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 52.5%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in legal professions at California Western in 2019-2020, 45.1% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 30%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 21 |
| Black or African American | 12 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 46 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 |
| White | 100 |
| International Students | 4 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 18 |
Legal Professions students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Law | 206 |
*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.