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University of Southern California Master’s in Legal Professions

Legal Professions is a program of study at University of Southern California. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in legal professions, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, 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 USC Cost?

USC Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at USC paid an average of $1,995 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$47,880	$47,880
Fees	$835	$835

Does USC Offer an Online Master’s in Legal Professions?

USC 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 USC Online Learning page.

USC Master’s Student Diversity for Legal Professions

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 521 students received their master’s degree in legal professions. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their master’s degree in legal professions in 2019-2020, 65.1% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 59.2%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 4.6% of the legal professions master’s degrees at USC in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 20%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	8
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	1
White	6
International Students	386
Other Races/Ethnicities	105

Master’s in Legal Professions Focus Areas at USC

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Legal Research	521

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.