by our College Data Analytics TeamLegal Research is a major offered under the legal professions program of study at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. 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 U-M paid an average of $2,686 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $1,309 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 | $24,344 | $49,120 |
| Fees | $428 | $428 |
Online degrees for the U-M 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 U-M Online Learning page.
Women made up around 50.0% of the legal research students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 57.8%.
None of the legal research master’s degree recipients at U-M in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 0 |
| International Students | 36 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Legal Research students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Advanced Legal Research/Studies | 31 |
| Banking, Corporate, Finance, & Securities Law | 9 |
*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.