by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Other Legal Professions & Studies. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Legal Professions (Other) is a major offered under the legal professions program of study at Northwestern University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in other legal professions, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Northwestern was $6,649 per credit hour 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 | $56,067 | $56,067 |
| Fees | $500 | $500 |
other legal professions who receive their master’s degree from Northwestern make an average of $61,516 a year during the early days of their career. That is 19% lower than the national average of $75,733.
Online degrees for the Northwestern other legal professions master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Northwestern Online Learning page.
Women made up around 55.1% of the other legal professions students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 64.6%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 20.4% of the other legal professions master’s degrees at Northwestern in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 32%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 9 |
| Black or African American | 5 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
| White | 10 |
| International Students | 16 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 53 |
Legal Professions (Other) students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Other Legal Professions & Studies | 98 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to legal professions (other).
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies | 1 |
| Legal Research | 267 |
*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.