by our College Data Analytics TeamLegal Research is a major offered under the legal professions program of study at Hofstra 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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Part-time graduates at Hofstra paid an average of $1,454 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 | $26,172 | $26,172 |
| Fees | $1,000 | $1,000 |
If you’re interested in online learning, you’re in luck. Hofstra does offer online classes in its legal research master’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Hofstra Online Learning page.
Women made up around 75.6% 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%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 4.4% of the legal research master’s degrees at Hofstra in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 17%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 0 |
| International Students | 3 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 40 |
Legal Research students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence | 6 |
| Health Law | 39 |
*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.