by our College Data Analytics TeamLegal Research is a major offered under the legal professions program of study at Lewis & Clark College. 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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Part-time graduates at Lewis and Clark College paid an average of $975 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $17,550 | $17,550 |
The median early career salary of legal research students who receive their master’s degree from Lewis and Clark College is $63,005 per year. That is 8% lower than the national average of $68,119.
If you’re interested in online learning, you’re in luck. Lewis and Clark College 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 Lewis and Clark College Online Learning page.
Women made up around 61.1% 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%.
Around 11.1% of legal research master’s degree recipients at Lewis and Clark College 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 | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 3 |
| International Students | 9 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Legal Research students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Energy, Environment, & Natural Resources Law | 9 |
| Other Legal Research & Advanced Professional Studies | 9 |
*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.
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