by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Advanced Legal Research/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 Northeastern 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, 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 Northeastern paid an average of $0 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $25,264 | $25,264 |
| Fees | $294 | $294 |
Northeastern 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 Northeastern Online Learning page.
About 58.8% of the students who received their Master’s in legal research in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 57.8%.
Of those students who received a master’s degree at Northeastern in legal research at 2019-2020, none were racial-ethnic minorities*.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 0 |
| International Students | 9 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 8 |
Legal Research students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Advanced Legal Research/Studies | 17 |
*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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