by our College Data Analytics TeamLegal Research is a major offered under the legal professions program of study at Southern Methodist 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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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at SMU 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 | $40,896 | $40,896 |
| Fees | $6,582 | $6,582 |
legal research who receive their master’s degree from SMU make an average of $57,995 a year during the early days of their career. That is 15% lower than the national average of $68,119.
Online degrees for the SMU 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 SMU Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their master’s degree in legal research in 2019-2020, 57.6% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 57.8%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in legal research at SMU in 2019-2020, 18.2% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 17%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 1 |
| International Students | 20 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 8 |
Legal Research students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Programs for Foreign Lawyers | 24 |
| American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence | 1 |
| Tax Law/Taxation | 8 |
*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.