by our College Data Analytics TeamLegal Research is a major offered under the legal professions program of study at Temple 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 Temple paid an average of $1,297 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $942 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $16,956 | $23,346 |
| Fees | $890 | $890 |
legal research who receive their master’s degree from Temple make an average of $78,971 a year during the early days of their career. That is 16% higher than the national average of $68,119.
Online degrees for the Temple 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 Temple Online Learning page.
About 43.2% 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 20.5% of legal research master’s degree recipients at Temple in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 17%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 5 |
| Black or African American | 2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 19 |
| International Students | 16 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Legal Research students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Programs for Foreign Lawyers | 2 |
| International Law & Legal Studies | 19 |
| Tax Law/Taxation | 6 |
| Other Legal Research & Advanced Professional 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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