by our College Data Analytics TeamLegal Research is a major offered under the legal professions program of study at Illinois Institute of Technology. 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, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at Illinois Tech 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 | $29,075 | $29,075 |
| Fees | $1,620 | $1,620 |
Online degrees for the Illinois Tech legal research master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Illinois Tech Online Learning page.
About 60.6% 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%.
Around 1.8% of legal research master’s degree recipients at Illinois Tech in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 17%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 2 |
| International Students | 105 |
| 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 | 2 |
| Programs for Foreign Lawyers | 62 |
| American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence | 20 |
| Banking, Corporate, Finance, & Securities Law | 8 |
| Tax Law/Taxation | 2 |
*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.