by our College Data Analytics TeamLegal Research is a major offered under the legal professions program of study at Santa Clara University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in legal research, 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 SCU was $1,150 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 | $23,507 | $23,507 |
If you’re interested in online learning, you’re in luck. SCU 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 SCU Online Learning page.
About 54.5% of the students who received their Master’s in legal research in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 57.8%.
Around 18.2% of legal research master’s degree recipients at SCU in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 17%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 2 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 3 |
| International Students | 6 |
| 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 | 6 |
| Other Legal Research & Advanced Professional Studies | 3 |
*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.