by our College Data Analytics TeamLegal Research is a major offered under the legal professions program of study at University of California - Hastings College of Law. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in legal research, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Part-time graduates at UC Hastings paid an average of $1,802 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same 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 | $47,500 | $47,500 |
| Fees | $6,272 | $6,272 |
Online degrees for the UC Hastings 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 UC Hastings Online Learning page.
About 69.6% of the students who received their Master’s in legal research in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 57.8%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 17.4% of the legal research master’s degrees at UC Hastings in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 17%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 4 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 4 |
| International Students | 14 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Legal Research students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Advanced Legal Research/Studies | 7 |
| American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence | 16 |
*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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