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The University of Texas at Austin Master’s in Legal Professions

Legal Professions is a program of study at The University of Texas at Austin. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in legal professions, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Focus Areas
• References

How Much Does a Master’s in Legal Professions from UT Austin Cost?

UT Austin Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at UT Austin was $1,228 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $659 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	$12,028	$22,886

Does UT Austin Offer an Online Master’s in Legal Professions?

UT Austin does not offer an online option for its legal professions master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UT Austin Online Learning page.

UT Austin Master’s Student Diversity for Legal Professions

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 35 master’s degrees in legal professions handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their master’s degree in legal professions in 2019-2020, 45.7% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 59.2%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 5.7% of legal professions master’s degree recipients at UT Austin in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 20%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	2
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Master’s in Legal Professions Focus Areas at UT Austin

Legal Professions students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Legal Research	35

References

*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.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.