by our College Data Analytics TeamLegal Research is a major offered under the legal professions program of study at Florida International University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in legal research, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at FIU paid an average of $992 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $446 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $8,912 | $21,393 |
| Fees | $2,194 | $2,818 |
legal research who receive their master’s degree from FIU make an average of $40,737 a year during the early days of their career. That is 40% lower than the national average of $68,119.
FIU 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 FIU Online Learning page.
About 80.6% of the students who received their Master’s in legal research in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 57.8%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 47.2% of the legal research master’s degrees at FIU in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 17%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 5 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 3 |
| International Students | 16 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Legal Research students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Advanced Legal Research/Studies | 11 |
| Programs for Foreign Lawyers | 25 |
*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.