by our College Data Analytics TeamLegal Research is a major offered under the legal professions program of study at University of San Diego. 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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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at USD was $1,552 per credit hour 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 | $27,936 | $27,936 |
| Fees | $474 | $474 |
The median early career salary of legal research students who receive their master’s degree from USD is $61,516 per year. That is 10% lower than the national average of $68,119.
Online degrees for the USD 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 USD Online Learning page.
About 45.9% 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%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 21.6% of the legal research master’s degrees at USD in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 17%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 4 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 12 |
| International Students | 13 |
| 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 | 3 |
| Comparative Law | 17 |
| International Law & Legal Studies | 1 |
| Tax Law/Taxation | 16 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to legal research.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Legal Professions (Other) | 3 |
*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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