by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Other Legal Research & Advanced Professional Studies. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Legal Research is a major offered under the legal professions program of study at Duke University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in legal research, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Duke paid an average of $3,360 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 | $57,900 | $57,900 |
| Fees | $1,240 | $1,240 |
Duke does not offer an online option for its legal research doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Duke Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their doctor’s degree in legal research in 2019-2020, 60.7% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 41.9%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in legal research at Duke in 2019-2020, 21.4% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 11%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 2 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 14 |
| International Students | 7 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Legal Research students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Other Legal Research & Advanced Professional Studies | 28 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to legal research.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Law | 217 |
*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.