by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Other Legal Research & Advanced Professional Studies. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Legal Research is a major offered under the legal professions program of study at University of Nebraska - Lincoln. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in legal research, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at UNL paid an average of $996 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $341 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $6,138 | $17,928 |
| Fees | $1,585 | $1,585 |
UNL does not offer an online option for its legal research doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UNL Online Learning page.
Women made up around 37.5% of the legal research students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 41.9%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in legal research at UNL in 2019-2020, 25.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 11%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 6 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Legal Research students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Other Legal Research & Advanced Professional Studies | 8 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to legal research.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Law | 120 |
*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.